entzweigehen
[ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“entzweigehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einzelne Teile/Stücke zerfallen (und so zerstört werden)
Corpus desk
Index DE-entzweigehen · entzweigehen · German
entzweigehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | entzweigehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entzweigehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entzweigehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einzelne Teile/Stücke zerfallen (und so zerstört werden)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for entzweigehen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is entzweigehen, spelled E-N-T-Z-W-E-I-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einzelne Teile/Stücke zerfallen (und so zerstört werden)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entzweigehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn die Moral entzweigeht, ist die Revolution am Ende.“
„[…] An jenem Abend hatten sie geahnt, dass alles, was entzweigehen konnte, entzweigehen würde.“
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.