entpacken
[ɛntˈpakn̩]
The verdict
“entpacken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (eine gepackte Datei) wieder extrahieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-entpacken · entpacken · German
entpacken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entpacken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈpakn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entpacken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entpacken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈpakn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for entpacken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is entpacken, spelled E-N-T-P-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1(eine gepackte Datei) wieder extrahieren
- 2aus einem Transportbehälter entnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entpacken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe die Zip-Datei heruntergeladen und entpackt.
„Bey den letztern wäre aber immer die Vorsicht nöthig, daß Koffer und Kisten, Mantelsäcke u. s. w. entpackt, und verschlossene Behältnisse, Schachteln, Büchsen, Etuis etc. im Gase, wenigstens auf einige Augenblicke, geöffnet würden.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.