entwässern

[ɛntˈvɛsɐn]

/[ɛntˈvɛsɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“entwässern” is uncommon German (frequency #96,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,921
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser entziehen, von überflüssigem Wasser befreien

Corpus desk

Index DE-entwassern · entwässern · German

entwässern · rank #96,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,921
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entwurfes

Nearest frequency peer: Entwurfes (-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 „entwässern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entwässern
PropertyValue
Headwordentwässern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈvɛsɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entwässern“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).entwässernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entwurfes“ (#96,920), „epe“ (#96,922), „Entwicklungsstadien“ (#96,919). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entwässern“ bei #96,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entwässern is uncommon German at frequency #96,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈvɛsɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entwässern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is entwässern, spelled E-N-T-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wasser entziehen, von überflüssigem Wasser befreien
  2. 2
    den Grundwasserspiegel im Boden senken
  3. 3
    Wasser abgeben, Wasser verlieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In manchen Krankheitsfällen muss der Körper entwässert werden.
  2. Die meisten Moore in Deutschland wurden in der Vergangenheit entwässert.

Synonyms

dehydrierentrockenlegendränieren

This word in other languages

drainer(Français)

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 "entwässern"?
"entwässern" is spelled E-N-T-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈvɛsɐn].
What does "entwässern" mean?
As a verb, "entwässern" means: Wasser entziehen, von überflüssigem Wasser befreien
How do you pronounce "entwässern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entwässern" is [ɛntˈvɛsɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entwässern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

enthüllten#96,915Erektionen#96,930entfremden#96,911Emulatoren#96,904

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list