entschließen

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German

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Etymology

ent- +‎ schließen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛntˈʃliːsn̩/, /ʔɛntˈʃliːsən/
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  • Hyphenation: ent‧schlie‧ßen

Verb

entschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present entschließt, past tense entschloss, past participle entschlossen, past subjunctive entschlösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to decide

Usage notes

  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as entschloß, entschlossest/entschloßt, entschloß, entschlossen, entschloßt, entschlossen, while the reformed spellings use entschloss- consistently.

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