entwurzelt

[ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t]

/[ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t]/ adj

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The verdict

“entwurzelt” is uncommon German (frequency #81,501 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,501
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit der Wurzel ausgerissen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entwurzelt · entwurzelt · German

entwurzelt · rank #81,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,501
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entwerten

Nearest frequency peer: entwerten (-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 „entwurzelt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entwurzelt
PropertyValue
Headwordentwurzelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,501
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entwurzelt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).entwurzeltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „entwerten“ (#81,500), „Epsilon“ (#81,502), „entgangene“ (#81,498). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entwurzelt“ bei #81,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entwurzelt is uncommon German at frequency #81,501 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for entwurzelt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is entwurzelt, spelled E-N-T-W-U-R-Z-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit der Wurzel ausgerissen
  2. 2
    ohne zuhause, ohne (soziale) Bindungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entwurzelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der schwere Sturm ließ viele entwurzelte Bäume zurück.
  2. [Taifun Meranti in Südchina 2016:] „Entwurzelte Bäume und Überschwemmungen blockierten Straßen.“

Antonyms

eingesessenverwurzelt

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 "entwurzelt"?
"entwurzelt" is spelled E-N-T-W-U-R-Z-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t].
What does "entwurzelt" mean?
As an adjective, "entwurzelt" means: mit der Wurzel ausgerissen
How do you pronounce "entwurzelt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entwurzelt" is [ɛntˈvʊʁt͡sl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entwurzelt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entgangene#81,498erdenklich#81,504Enkeltrick#81,493erschrecke#81,511

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list