entwenden
German, verb
entwenden is spelled E-N-T-W-E-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entwenden is a German verb meaning “to steal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entwenden is a different word: “gerund of entwenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich etwas unrechtmäßig aneignen”.
What does entwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steal
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entwenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich etwas unrechtmäßig aneignen
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 entwenden
- entwendet present singular third-person
- entwendete past
- haben auxiliary
- entwendend participle present
- entwende first-person indicative present
- entwendest indicative present second-person
- entwendeten first-person indicative plural
- entwendetest indicative preterite second-person
- entwendetet indicative plural preterite
- entwend imperative second-person singular
- habe entwendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entwendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entwende! imperative singular
- entwendet! imperative plural
- entwendet haben active infinitive perfect
- entwendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- entwendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- entwendet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entwenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entwenden in German?
entwenden appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).