entziehen

/[ɛntˈt͡siːən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,196

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

entziehen is aGermanverb. It means: (ein Recht oder eine Erlaubnis) wegnehmen Pronounced [ɛntˈt͡siːən]. It ranks #8,196 in German word frequency. Often confused with erziehen and entzieht.

Key facts for entziehen
PropertyValue
Headwordentziehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈt͡siːən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,196
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entziehen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for entziehen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈt͡siːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,196 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for entziehen, with forms such as "enntziehen", "entizehen", and "enttziehen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "erziehen", "entzieht", "entgehen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is entziehen, spelled E-N-T-Z-I-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (ein Recht oder eine Erlaubnis) wegnehmen
  2. 2
    etwas entfernen, die Anzahl oder Menge von etwas verringern
  3. 3
    einer Verpflichtung nicht nachkommen; so handeln, dass man die Konsequenzen einer Tat nicht tragen muss

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntziehen,entizehen,enttziehen,entzeihen,entzieehn,entziehenn,entziehhen,entziehne,entziheen,entzziehen,enztiehen,etnziehen,netziehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entziehen

Misspelling Variants of "entziehen"

enntziehen10entizehen9enttziehen10entzeihen9entzieehn9entziehenn10entziehhen10entziehne9
Misspelling Variants of "entziehen"

Frequency rank: #8,196 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entziehen"?
"entziehen" is spelled E-N-T-Z-I-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈt͡siːən].
What does "entziehen" mean?
As a verb, "entziehen" means: (ein Recht oder eine Erlaubnis) wegnehmen
What words are commonly confused with "entziehen"?
"entziehen" is commonly confused with "erziehen", "entzieht", "entgehen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entziehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entziehen" is [ɛntˈt͡siːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entziehen" come from?
"entziehen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.