entwinden
German, verb[ɛntˈvɪndn̩]
entwinden is spelled E-N-T-W-I-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entwinden is a German verb meaning “to wrest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas gewaltsam wegnehmen”.
What does entwinden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wrest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas gewaltsam wegnehmen 2. sich aus einer Bedrängnis mühsam befreien
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 entwinden
- entwindet present singular third-person
- entwand past
- entwunden participle past
- entwände past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- entwindend participle present
- entwinde first-person indicative present
- entwindest indicative present second-person
- entwanden first-person indicative plural
- entwänden first-person formal plural
- entwandest indicative preterite second-person
- entwandst indicative preterite second-person
- entwandet indicative plural preterite
- entwändest formal rare second-person
- entwändet formal plural rare
- entwind imperative second-person singular
- entwinde! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entwinden?
- [ɛntˈvɪndn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entwinden in German?
entwinden appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).