entmachten

[ɛntˈmaxtn̩]

/[ɛntˈmaxtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“entmachten” is uncommon German (frequency #80,304 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,304
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem seine Macht nehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entmachten · entmachten · German

entmachten · rank #80,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,304
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Enthusiast

Nearest frequency peer: Enthusiast (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entmachten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entmachten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entmachten
PropertyValue
Headwordentmachten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈmaxtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entmachten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.entmachtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Enthusiast“ (#80,303), „entstellen“ (#80,305), „entheben“ (#80,302). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entmachten“ bei #80,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entmachten is uncommon German at frequency #80,304 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈmaxtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem seine Macht nehmen".

Zero misspellings are on record for entmachten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entmachten, spelled E-N-T-M-A-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem seine Macht nehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how entmachten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der König wurde von den Revolutionären entmachtet und die Republik wurde ausgerufen.

Antonyms

bemächtigen

This word in other languages

depower(English)destituer(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entmachten"?
"entmachten" is spelled E-N-T-M-A-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈmaxtn̩].
What does "entmachten" mean?
As a verb, "entmachten" means: jemandem seine Macht nehmen
How do you pronounce "entmachten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entmachten" is [ɛntˈmaxtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entmachten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entmachten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Enthusiast#80,303entstellen#80,305entferntes#80,301entwischen#80,308

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list