entsetzen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German entsezzen, from Old High German intsezzen. Equivalent to ent- +‎ setzen, literally “to put out (of a state, condition)”, whence the two senses of to horrify (i.e. put out of tranquility) and to relieve (i.e. put out of a siege). Compare Dutch ontzetten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈzɛtsən/, , , (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈsɛtsɛn/, (Austria)
  • IPA(key): /ɛnˈtsɛtsən/ (variant, by assimilation)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ent‧set‧zen

Verb

entsetzen (weak, third-person singular present entsetzt, past tense entsetzte, past participle entsetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shock, horrify, appall
  2. (military) to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • entsetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • entsetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • entsetzen” in Duden online
  • entsetzen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From ent- +‎ setzen, after German entsetzen.

Pronunciation

Verb

entsetzen (third-person singular present entsetzt, past participle entsat, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to horrify, to appall
  2. (reflexive) to be horrified, to be appalled

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive entsetzen
participle entsat
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular entsetzen
2nd singular entsetz entsetz
3rd singular entsetzt
1st plural entsetzen
2nd plural entsetzt entsetzt
3rd plural entsetzen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.