entzweien
[ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“entzweien” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uneinig werden oder uneinig werden lassen, nicht mehr zusammen sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-entzweien · entzweien · German
entzweien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | entzweien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entzweien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entzweien is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entzweien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Geschwister entzweiten sich über die Aufteilung des Erbes.
Die beiden Freunde kann nichts auf der Welt entzweien.
Synonyms
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.