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German
Etymology
From ent- + Puppe + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛntˈpʊpn̩/
- Hyphenation: ent‧pup‧pen
Verb
entpuppen (weak, third-person singular present entpuppt, past tense entpuppte, past participle entpuppt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, zoology) to eclose, to emerge from its cocoon/pupa
- Coordinate term: verpuppen
- (figurative, reflexive, with als) to turn out to be (become apparent or known)
- Synonym: herausstellen
1973 September 14, Nina Grunenberg, “In der Männer-Schablone”, in Die Zeit:Eine Dame, kühl, blond und langgliedrig, die sich unerwartet als verfügbar entpuppt – so sehen männliche Ausländer die Schwedin.- A lady, cool, blonde, and leggy, who turned out to be quite available - as the male foreigners saw the Swede
Conjugation
Conjugation of
entpuppen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
entpuppen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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