entsetzen
German, verb
entsetzen is spelled E-N-T-S-E-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entsetzen is a German verb meaning “to shock, horrify, appall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entsetzen is a different word: “gerund of entsetzen; horror”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden aus der Fassung bringen”.
What does entsetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shock, horrify, appall
- 2
to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entsetzen; horror
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefühl des fassungslosen Erschreckens
verb: 1. jemanden aus der Fassung bringen 2. (gehoben) aus der Fassung geraten 3. eine von Feinden belagerte Festung oder einen eingeschlossenen Teil des Heeres befreien
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 entsetzen
- entsetzt present singular third-person
- entsetzte past
- haben auxiliary
- entsetzend participle present
- entsetze first-person indicative present
- entsetzest second-person singular subjunctive
- entsetzet plural second-person subjunctive
- entsetzten first-person indicative plural
- entsetztest indicative preterite second-person
- entsetztet indicative plural preterite
- entsetz imperative second-person singular
- habe entsetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entsetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Entsetzens genitive singular
- entsetz! imperative singular
- entsetze! imperative singular
- entsetzt! imperative plural
- entsetzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entsetzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entsetzen in German?
entsetzen appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).