entsteinen
German, verb[ɛntˈʃtaɪ̯nən]
entsteinen is spelled E-N-T-S-T-E-I-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entsteinen is a German verb meaning “to pit; to remove the pit of (an apricot, cherry, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kerne (Steine von Steinobst) herausnehmen/entfernen”.
What does entsteinen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pit; to remove the pit of (an apricot, cherry, etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Kerne (Steine von Steinobst) herausnehmen/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 entsteinen
- entsteint present singular third-person
- entsteinte past
- haben auxiliary
- entsteinend participle present
- entsteine first-person indicative present
- entsteinst indicative present second-person
- entsteinest second-person singular subjunctive
- entsteinet plural second-person subjunctive
- entsteinten first-person indicative plural
- entsteintest indicative preterite second-person
- entsteintet indicative plural preterite
- entstein imperative second-person singular
- habe entsteint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entsteint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entstein! imperative singular
- entsteine! imperative singular
- entsteint! imperative plural
- entsteint haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entsteinen?
- [ɛntˈʃtaɪ̯nən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entsteinen in German?
entsteinen appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).