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German
Etymology
ent- + ziehen
Pronunciation
Verb
entziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present entzieht, past tense entzog, past participle entzogen, past subjunctive entzöge, auxiliary haben)
- to revoke (a right or permission)
Man wird der Mutter das Sorgerecht entziehen und dem Vater zusprechen.- Custody will be withdrawn from the mother and granted to the father.
- to withdraw (to remove, stop providing)
Nach dem Diebstahl von Büromaterial entzog der Chef seiner Sekretärin das Vertrauen.- After the theft of office material, the boss stopped trusting (lit. "withdrew his trust from") his secretary
- to extract (to withdraw by a mechanical or chemical process)
Alkohol entzieht dem Körper Wasser.- Alcohol extracts water from the body.
- (reflexive) to shirk, escape, avoid (one's responsibilities, the consequences of one's actions, etc.)
Der Mörder wird sich seiner Verantwortung nicht entziehen können.- The murderer will not be able to shirk his responsibility.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
entziehen (class 2
strong, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
entziehen (class 2
strong, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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