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German
Etymology
From Middle High German betœren. By surface analysis, be- + Tor (“fool”) + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
betören (weak, third-person singular present betört, past tense betörte, past participle betört, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, chiefly literary) to bewitch, infatuate, intoxicate, stupefy, to make someone unable to think straight
Der Blick ihrer pechschwarzen Augen betörte ihn.- The glance of her pitch-black eyes infatuated him.
Ich war betört von der lauten Musik und der tanzenden Menge.- I was intoxicated by the loud music and the dancing crowd.
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Straße”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:Denn morgen wirst in allen Ehren, / Das arme Gretchen nicht bethören / Und alle Seelenlieb’ ihr schwören?- For wilt thou not, no lover fairer, / Poor Margaret flatter, and ensnare her, / And all thy soul's devotion swear her?
1851, Heinrich Heine, “Mythologie”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Aber tief muß uns empören / Was wir von der Leda lesen– / Welche Gans bist du gewesen, / Daß ein Schwan dich konnt betören!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
betören (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
betören (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “betören” in Duden online
- “betören” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache