fesseln

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fes‧seln

Verb

fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chain, to bind
    Er fesselte ihn an den Händen. (an with dative)
    He tied his hands.
    Er fesselte ihn an den Stuhl. (an with accusative)
    He tied him to the chair.
  2. (figurative) to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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