entwachsen

[ɛntˈvaksn̩]

/[ɛntˈvaksn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“entwachsen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,175
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich so weiterentwickeln (wachsen), dass etwas Altes, zum Beispiel eine bisherige Rolle/Beurteilung/Bekleidung, nicht mehr zutrifft/passt

Corpus desk

Index DE-entwachsen · entwachsen · German

entwachsen · rank #67,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,175
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entstünde

Nearest frequency peer: entstünde (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entwachsen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entwachsen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entwachsen
PropertyValue
Headwordentwachsen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈvaksn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entwachsen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.entwachsenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „entstünde“ (#67,174), „Entscheidungsspiel“ (#67,173), „entkoppelt“ (#67,172). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entwachsen“ bei #67,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entwachsen is uncommon German at frequency #67,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈvaksn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

entwachsen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entwachsen, spelled E-N-T-W-A-C-H-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich so weiterentwickeln (wachsen), dass etwas Altes, zum Beispiel eine bisherige Rolle/Beurteilung/Bekleidung, nicht mehr zutrifft/passt
  2. 2
    aus etwas heraus entstehen, sich neu bilden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entwachsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nun ist auch seine jüngste Tochter den Teenieschwärmereien entwachsen.
  2. Sie entwuchs ihrer Kindheit schneller, als andere Mädchen.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entwachsen"?
"entwachsen" is spelled E-N-T-W-A-C-H-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈvaksn̩].
What does "entwachsen" mean?
As a verb, "entwachsen" means: sich so weiterentwickeln (wachsen), dass etwas Altes, zum Beispiel eine bisherige Rolle/Beurteilung/Bekleidung, nicht mehr zutrifft/passt
How do you pronounce "entwachsen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entwachsen" is [ɛntˈvaksn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entwachsen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entwachsen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list