entsagen
German, verb/ɛntˈzaːɡən/
entsagen is spelled E-N-T-S-A-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entsagen is a German verb meaning “to renounce, to relinquish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Einsicht heraus freiwillig auf etwas fortan verzichten, das man bisher geschätzt hat”.
What does entsagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to renounce, to relinquish
- 2
to disclaim, to waive, to abandon
- 3
to abjure, to abnegate
- 4
to abdicate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus Einsicht heraus freiwillig auf etwas fortan verzichten, das man bisher geschätzt hat
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 entsagen
- entsagt present singular third-person
- entsagte past
- haben auxiliary
- entsagend participle present
- entsage first-person indicative present
- entsagst indicative present second-person
- entsagest second-person singular subjunctive
- entsaget plural second-person subjunctive
- entsagten first-person indicative plural
- entsagtest indicative preterite second-person
- entsagtet indicative plural preterite
- entsag imperative second-person singular
- habe entsagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entsagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entsag! imperative singular
- entsage! imperative singular
- entsagt! imperative plural
- entsagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entsagen?
- /ɛntˈzaːɡən/
- [ʔɛntˈzaːɡŋ̩]
- [ɛntˈzaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entsagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entsagen in German?
entsagen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).