Entsagung
\ˈɛnt.za.ɡʊŋ\
The verdict
“Entsagung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le renoncement, l’abnégation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entsagung · Entsagung · French
Entsagung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Entsagung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛnt.za.ɡʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Entsagung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛnt.za.ɡʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le renoncement, l’abnégation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Entsagung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Entsagung, spelled E-N-T-S-A-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Le renoncement, l’abnégation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entsagung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ein Leben voller Entsagungen
er lebte in asketischer Entsagung
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.