Entrepreneur

[ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯]

/[ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Entrepreneur” is uncommon German (frequency #73,438 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,438
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unternehmer, der meist mit einer innovativen Idee seine Firma begründet hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-entrepreneur · Entrepreneur · German

Entrepreneur · rank #73,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,438
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entlastungen

Nearest frequency peer: Entlastungen (-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 „Entrepreneur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Entrepreneur
PropertyValue
HeadwordEntrepreneur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯]
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Entrepreneur“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Entrepreneurfällt 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: „Entlastungen“ (#73,437), „entwendete“ (#73,439), „entfesseln“ (#73,436). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Entrepreneur“ bei #73,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Entrepreneur is uncommon German at frequency #73,438 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unternehmer, der meist mit einer innovativen Idee seine Firma begründet hat".

Zero misspellings are on record for Entrepreneur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Entrepreneur, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unternehmer, der meist mit einer innovativen Idee seine Firma begründet hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „lch werde auch bei Etablirung neuer Seidenfabriquen abscheulich betrogen, denn ein dergleichen Entrepreneur hat schon 10.000 Rthlr. Vorschuß bekommen, das Geld durchgebracht, und dem habe Ich die Fabriquen noch einmal etabliren und das Geld noch einmal hergeben müssen, das ist aber höchst unrecht und in keinem Lande üblich.“
  2. „Nachdem der ›klassische Projektemacher‹ als Typus denunziert und in ökonomischen Kontexten vom Entrepreneur abgelöst wird, erlebt der Pläneschmied in Zeiten des Weltverkehrs seine Renaissance.“

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); 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 "Entrepreneur"?
"Entrepreneur" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯].
What does "Entrepreneur" mean?
As a noun, "Entrepreneur" means: Unternehmer, der meist mit einer innovativen Idee seine Firma begründet hat
How do you pronounce "Entrepreneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Entrepreneur" is [ɑ̃tʁəpʁəˈnøːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Entrepreneur" come from?
"Entrepreneur" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list