entlegen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈleːɡn̩/
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Adjective

entlegen (strong nominative masculine singular entlegener, comparative entlegener, superlative am entlegensten)

  1. (also figurative) out-of-the-way
    • 1910, Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge [The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]‎:
      In den ersten Tagen nach unserer Ankunft allerdings benahm sich Mathilde Brahe äußerst gesprächig. Sie fragte den Vater nach früheren Bekannten in ausländischen Städten, sie erinnerte sich entlegener Eindrücke, []
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    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Ich habe sie in diesem Monat schon zweimal in entlegenen Straßen und immer mit einem andern Herrn gesehn.
      I have already seen her twice this month in out-of-the-way streets, and always with a different man

Declension

Further reading

  • entlegen” in Duden online
  • entlegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • entlegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon