entzwei
German, adjective[ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯]
entzwei is spelled E-N-T-Z-W-E-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entzwei is a German adjective meaning “halved, divided (in two)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in zwei (oder mehr) Teile geteilt”.
What does entzwei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
halved, divided (in two)
- 2
broken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. in mehrere Teile
adjective: 1. in zwei (oder mehr) Teile geteilt
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 entzwei
- entzweier masculine nominative singular
- entzweie feminine nominative singular
- entzweies neuter nominative singular
- entzweien genitive masculine singular
- entzweiem dative masculine singular
- der entzweie definite includes-article masculine
- die entzweie definite feminine includes-article
- das entzweie definite includes-article neuter
- die entzweien definite includes-article nominative
- des entzweien definite genitive includes-article
- der entzweien definite feminine genitive
- dem entzweien dative definite includes-article
- den entzweien dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entzwei?
- [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entzwei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entzwei in German?
entzwei appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).