entzweien
[ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“entzweien” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uneinig werden oder uneinig werden lassen, nicht mehr zusammen sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entzweien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entzweien” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for entzweien is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "uneinig werden oder uneinig werden lassen, nicht mehr zusammen sein".
entzweien has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entzweien, spelled E-N-T-Z-W-E-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1uneinig werden oder uneinig werden lassen, nicht mehr zusammen sein
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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.
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Using “entzweien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-Z-W-E-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.