entstehen
German, verb/ʔɛntˈʃteːən/
entstehen is spelled E-N-T-S-T-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written German, the 1,483rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entstehen is a German verb meaning “to come into being, to arise, to be produced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seine Existenz beginnen”.
What does entstehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come into being, to arise, to be produced
- 2
to develop
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seine Existenz beginnen 2. durch etwas hervorgerufen werden
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 entstehen
- entsteht present singular third-person
- entstand past
- entstanden participle past
- entstände past subjunctive
- entstünde past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- entstehend participle present
- entstehe first-person indicative present
- entstehst indicative present second-person
- entstehest second-person singular subjunctive
- entstehet plural second-person subjunctive
- entständen first-person formal plural
- entstünden first-person formal plural
- entstandest indicative preterite second-person
- entstandst indicative preterite second-person
- entstandet indicative plural preterite
- entständest formal rare second-person
- entstündest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entstehen?
- /ʔɛntˈʃteːən/
- [ɛntˈʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entstehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entstehen in German?
entstehen appears 58 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).