entweiht

[ɛntˈvaɪ̯t]

/[ɛntˈvaɪ̯t]/ verb

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The verdict

“entweiht” is uncommon German (frequency #87,647 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,647
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entweihen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entweiht · entweiht · German

entweiht · rank #87,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,647
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entomologie

Nearest frequency peer: Entomologie (-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 „entweiht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entweiht
PropertyValue
Headwordentweiht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈvaɪ̯t]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,647
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entweiht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entomologie“ (#87,646), „erat“ (#87,648), „entgiften“ (#87,645). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entweiht“ bei #87,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entweiht is uncommon German at frequency #87,647 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈvaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

entweiht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entweiht, spelled E-N-T-W-E-I-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entweihen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entweihen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entweihen

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 "entweiht"?
"entweiht" is spelled E-N-T-W-E-I-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈvaɪ̯t].
What does "entweiht" mean?
As a verb, "entweiht" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entweihen
How do you pronounce "entweiht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entweiht" is [ɛntˈvaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entweiht" come from?
"entweiht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list