entschleunigen
German, verb
entschleunigen is spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-L-E-U-N-I-G-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entschleunigen is a German verb meaning “to slow down, relax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entschleunigen is a different word: “gerund of entschleunigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsamer machen, bewusst Hektik entgegenwirken”.
What does entschleunigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slow down, relax
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entschleunigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsamer machen, bewusst Hektik entgegenwirken
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 entschleunigen
- entschleunigt present singular third-person
- entschleunigte past
- haben auxiliary
- entschleunigend participle present
- entschleunige first-person indicative present
- entschleunigst indicative present second-person
- entschleunigest second-person singular subjunctive
- entschleuniget plural second-person subjunctive
- entschleunigten first-person indicative plural
- entschleunigtest indicative preterite second-person
- entschleunigtet indicative plural preterite
- entschleunig imperative second-person singular
- habe entschleunigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entschleunigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entschleunige! imperative singular
- entschleunigt! imperative plural
- entschleunigt haben active infinitive perfect
- entschleunigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is entschleunigen in German?
entschleunigen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).