entreißen
[ɛntˈʁaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“entreißen” 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) - (jemandem) einen Gegenstand gewaltsam durch kräftiges/ruckartiges Ziehen wegnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entrei-en · entreißen · German
entreißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | entreißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʁaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entreißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entreißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈʁaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entreißen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is entreißen, spelled E-N-T-R-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemandem) einen Gegenstand gewaltsam durch kräftiges/ruckartiges Ziehen wegnehmen
- 2jemandem etwas (Abstraktes) wegnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entreißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein junger Mann hat mir gestern die Digitalkamera entrissen.
Der Fürst von Condé aus der Nebenlinie der Bourbon wollte Katharina von Medici die Regentschaft entreißen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.