enträtseln
German, verb/ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n/
enträtseln is spelled E-N-T-R-Ä-T-S-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enträtseln is a German verb meaning “to solve, to disentangle, to unravel, to unriddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist”.
What does enträtseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to solve, to disentangle, to unravel, to unriddle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist
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 enträtseln
- enträtselt present singular third-person
- enträtselte past
- haben auxiliary
- enträtselnd participle present
- enträtsle first-person indicative present
- enträtsele first-person indicative present
- enträtsel first-person indicative present
- enträtselst indicative present second-person
- enträtselest second-person singular subjunctive
- enträtslest second-person singular subjunctive
- enträtselet plural second-person subjunctive
- enträtslet plural second-person subjunctive
- enträtselten first-person indicative plural
- enträtseltest indicative preterite second-person
- enträtseltet indicative plural preterite
- enträtsel! imperative singular
- enträtsele! imperative singular
- enträtselt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enträtseln?
- /ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n/
- /ɛntˈʁeːt͡sl̩n/
- [ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enträtseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enträtseln in German?
enträtseln appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).