entwerten
German, verb
entwerten is spelled E-N-T-W-E-R-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entwerten is a German verb meaning “to devalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entwerten is a different word: “gerund of entwerten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas wertlos oder weniger wertvoll machen”.
What does entwerten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devalue
- 2
to invalidate
- 3
to punch, to stamp, to validate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entwerten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas wertlos oder weniger wertvoll machen
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 entwerten
- entwertet present singular third-person
- entwertete past
- haben auxiliary
- entwertend participle present
- entwerte first-person indicative present
- entwertest indicative present second-person
- entwerteten first-person indicative plural
- entwertetest indicative preterite second-person
- entwertetet indicative plural preterite
- entwert imperative second-person singular
- habe entwertet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entwertet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entwert! imperative singular
- entwerte! imperative singular
- entwertet! imperative plural
- entwertet haben active infinitive perfect
- entwertet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- entwertet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entwerten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entwerten in German?
entwerten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).