erzürnen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German erzürnen, from Old High German irzurnen. Equivalent to er- +‎ zürnen.

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  • Hyphenation: er‧zür‧nen

Verb

erzürnen (weak, third-person singular present erzürnt, past tense erzürnte, past participle erzürnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, formal) to enrage
    • 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 18, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities]‎, part 1:
      Man haßt einen, man erzürnt sich, man übereilt sich, und in Gefolg von dem und manchem andern kann es wohl kommen, daß man gelegentlich einen totschlägt.
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    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Denn du, Poetlein, hast nie mich erzürnt, / Du hast kein einziges Türmchen verletzt / An Priamos' heiliger Feste
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