entmutigen
German, verb/ˌɛntˈmuːtɪɡən/
entmutigen is spelled E-N-T-M-U-T-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entmutigen is a German verb meaning “to discourage (to take away or reduce the courage of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Mut nehmen”.
What does entmutigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discourage (to take away or reduce the courage of)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Mut nehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entmutigen
- entmutigt present singular third-person
- entmutigte past
- haben auxiliary
- entmutigend participle present
- entmutige first-person indicative present
- entmutigst indicative present second-person
- entmutigest second-person singular subjunctive
- entmutiget plural second-person subjunctive
- entmutigten first-person indicative plural
- entmutigtest indicative preterite second-person
- entmutigtet indicative plural preterite
- entmutig imperative second-person singular
- habe entmutigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entmutigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entmutig! imperative singular
- entmutige! imperative singular
- entmutigt! imperative plural
- entmutigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entmutigen?
- /ˌɛntˈmuːtɪɡən/
- [ˌʔɛntˈmuːtʰɪɡŋ̍]
- [ɛntˈmuːtɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entmutigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entmutigen in German?
entmutigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).