entrücken
German, verb
entrücken is spelled E-N-T-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrücken is a German verb meaning “to translate, to rapture (physically)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entrücken is a different word: “gerund of entrücken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus dem Einflussbereich jemandes gelangen”.
What does entrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to translate, to rapture (physically)
Elia wurde in den Himmel entrückt.
- 2
to ravish, to enrapture, to enthrall (spiritually)
- 3
to transport, to carry away (mentally)
- 4
to escape [with dative ‘(from) someone/something’]
Er war seinen Häschern entrückt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entrücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus dem Einflussbereich jemandes gelangen 2. aus dem Hier und Jetzt in eine Fantasiewelt versetzen/wechseln
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 entrücken
- entrückt present singular third-person
- entrückte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- entrückend participle present
- entrücke first-person indicative present
- entrückst indicative present second-person
- entrückest second-person singular subjunctive
- entrücket plural second-person subjunctive
- entrückten first-person indicative plural
- entrücktest indicative preterite second-person
- entrücktet indicative plural preterite
- entrück imperative second-person singular
- entrück! imperative singular
- entrücke! imperative singular
- entrückt! imperative plural
- entrückt sein auxiliary auxiliary verb active
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is entrücken in German?
entrücken appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).