betörend

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtøːrənt/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧tö‧rend

Participle

betörend

  1. present participle of betören

Adjective

betörend (strong nominative masculine singular betörender, comparative betörender, superlative am betörendsten)

  1. beguiling
    • 1964 [1903], Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Und diese Gegenwart nun unterschied sich durch nichts von einem dieser betörenden und unzerreißbaren Traumgespinste, in denen man sich fragen kann, ob dies Trug oder Wirklichkeit ist, und sich notgedrungen mit Überzeugung für das letztere entscheidet, um dennoch am Ende zu erwachen...
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Declension