Entsagung
German, noun[ɛntˈzaːɡʊŋ]
Entsagung is spelled E-N-T-S-A-G-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entsagung is a German feminine noun meaning “renunciation, abjuration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gewollter oder auch ungewollter Verzicht auf etwas”.
What does Entsagung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerenunciation, abjuration
- 2
feminineresignation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gewollter oder auch ungewollter Verzicht auf etwas
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 Entsagung
- Entsagungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Entsagung?
- [ɛntˈzaːɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Entsagung in German?
Entsagung appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).