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German
Etymology
be- + rücken
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈʁʏkn̩/
- Hyphenation: be‧rü‧cken
Verb
berücken (weak, third-person singular present berückt, past tense berückte, past participle berückt, auxiliary haben)
- to ensnare
- 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Ecclesiastes 9:12 (with KJV translation)
Auch weiß der Mensch seine Zeit nicht; sondern, wie die Fische gefangen werden mit einem verderblichen Haken, und wie die Vögel mit einem Strick gefangen werden, so werden auch die Menschen berückt zur bösen Zeit, wenn sie plötzlich über sie fällt.- For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- to captivate
Conjugation
Conjugation of
berücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
berücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “berücken” in Duden online
- “berücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache