Enttäuschung
German, noun/ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ/
Enttäuschung is spelled E-N-T-T-Ä-U-S-C-H-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enttäuschung is a German feminine noun meaning “disappointment, let-down, bummer, frustration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Nicht-Erfüllung einer Hoffnung, eines Wunsches oder einer Erwartung”.
What does Enttäuschung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisappointment, let-down, bummer, frustration
- 2
femininedisenchantment, disillusionment, disillusion
- 3
feminineanticlimax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Nicht-Erfüllung einer Hoffnung, eines Wunsches oder einer Erwartung 2. der Verursacher oder das Objekt der Enttäuschung (nach [1]) 3. Aufhebung einer Täuschung
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 Enttäuschung
- Enttäuschungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Enttäuschung?
- /ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ/
- [ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Enttäuschung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Enttäuschung in German?
Enttäuschung appears 9.1 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).