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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. 1

    halved, divided (in two)

  2. 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).

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