entsagen
[ɛntˈzaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“entsagen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,575 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,575
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Einsicht heraus freiwillig auf etwas fortan verzichten, das man bisher geschätzt hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-entsagen · entsagen · German
entsagen · rank #75,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,575
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entjungfert
Nearest frequency peer: entjungfert (-2 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 „entsagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- enormem
enormem
24,430 corpus weight
- enthaltend
enthaltend
24,429 corpus weight
- entjungfert
entjungfert
24,428 corpus weight
- entsagen
entsagen
24,426 corpus weight
- Entstehungs…
Entstehungsprozess
24,424 corpus weight
- entwirren
entwirren
24,423 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entsagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entsagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈzaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entsagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entsagen is uncommon German at frequency #75,575 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈzaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Einsicht heraus freiwillig auf etwas fortan verzichten, das man bisher geschätzt hat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for entsagen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is entsagen, spelled E-N-T-S-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus Einsicht heraus freiwillig auf etwas fortan verzichten, das man bisher geschätzt hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entsagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich entsage diesem Genuss. Du kannst mein Stück Kuchen haben.
Sophie entsagte irdischen Freuden und ging ins Kloster.
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.
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