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German
Etymology
ent- + Seele + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛntˈzeːlən/
- Hyphenation: ent‧see‧len
Verb
entseelen (weak, third-person singular present entseelt, past tense entseelte, past participle entseelt, auxiliary haben)
- (rare) to desoul (i.e. to kill)
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Die wahre Braut”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 2, 5th edition, page 451:Sie hob selbst die Fallthüre auf, und stieg die Treppe hinab, aber kaum hatte sie zwei Schritte gethan, so stürzte die schwere Fallthüre, die nur angelehnt war, nieder. Das Mädchen hörte einen Schrei, hob die Thüre schnell auf, um ihr zu Hilfe zu kommen, aber sie war hinabgestürzt und es fand sie entseelt auf dem Boden liegen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
entseelen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
entseelen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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