entwerfen
German, verb
entwerfen is spelled E-N-T-W-E-R-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entwerfen is a German verb meaning “to sketch, to draft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entwerfen is a different word: “gerund of entwerfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in seinen Grundzügen entwickeln”.
What does entwerfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sketch, to draft
- 2
to devise, design
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entwerfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in seinen Grundzügen entwickeln
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 entwerfen
- entwirft present singular third-person
- entwarf past
- entworfen participle past
- entwürfe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- entwerfend participle present
- entwerfe first-person indicative present
- entwirfst indicative present second-person
- entwerft indicative plural present
- entwerfest second-person singular subjunctive
- entwerfet plural second-person subjunctive
- entwarfen first-person indicative plural
- entwürfen first-person formal plural
- entwarfst indicative preterite second-person
- entwarft indicative plural preterite
- entwürfest formal rare second-person
- entwürfst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entwerfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entwerfen in German?
entwerfen appears 4.3 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).