entspringen
German, verb
entspringen is a German verb meaning “to arise, originate, or spring (to start to exist from a source)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entspringen is a different word: “gerund of entspringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus einer Quelle hervorkommen”.
What does entspringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to arise, originate, or spring (to start to exist from a source)
Das Gefühl ist dem Inneren ihrer Seele entsprungen.
- 2
datedto escape quickly
(aus) dem Gefängnis entspringen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entspringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus einer Quelle hervorkommen 2. von einem Verursacher ausgehen 3. sich entfernen
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 entspringen
- entspringt present singular third-person
- entsprang past
- entsprungen participle past
- entspränge past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- entspringend participle present
- entspringe first-person indicative present
- entspringst indicative present second-person
- entspringest second-person singular subjunctive
- entspringet plural second-person subjunctive
- entsprangen first-person indicative plural
- entsprängen first-person formal plural
- entsprangst indicative preterite second-person
- entsprangt indicative plural preterite
- entsprängest formal rare second-person
- entsprängst formal rare second-person
- entspränget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entspringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entspringen in German?
entspringen appears 1.5 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).