entzaubern
[ɛntˈt͡saʊ̯bɐn]
The verdict
“entzaubern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine angenehme Illusion nehmen oder eine bestimmte Einstellung/Stimmung/Wirkung (einen Zauber) zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-entzaubern · entzaubern · German
entzaubern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entzaubern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈt͡saʊ̯bɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entzaubern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entzaubern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈt͡saʊ̯bɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
entzaubern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 entzaubern, spelled E-N-T-Z-A-U-B-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1eine angenehme Illusion nehmen oder eine bestimmte Einstellung/Stimmung/Wirkung (einen Zauber) zerstören
- 2eine Person aus einem Bann (Zauber) befreien
- 3einen Gegner, der als stark angesehen wird, besiegen/deklassieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entzaubern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was Thüringen sehr deutlich zeigt: Die Beteiligung der NSDAP an der Macht – indirekt ab 1924 und direkt ab 1930 – führte nicht dazu, dass die Nazis entzaubert worden sind.“
„Benn selbst fordert, nimm dem Text nicht seinen Glanz, indem du versuchst ihn zu enträtseln, und damit entzauberst. Der Text selbst setzt eine Grenze, über die man nicht hinaus interpretieren darf.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.