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German
Etymology
um- + Garn + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: um‧gar‧nen
Verb
umgarnen (weak, third-person singular present umgarnt, past tense umgarnte, past participle umgarnt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to charm, to seduce
1914, M. Gontard-Schuck , Seelenverkäufer: Das Schicksal einer Deutsch-Amerikanerin:Ich mochte früher nie Bier und Wein, nur der Champagner hat mir geschmeckt – zu meinem Verhängnis. Hätte ich an Bord nicht zu viel Sekt getrunken, so hätte ich mich nicht von dieser Bande umgarnen lassen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2024 January 15, Severin Weiland, “Wie Lindner die Bauern umgarnen wollte – und scheiterte”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
Conjugation
Conjugation of
umgarnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
umgarnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “umgarnen” in Duden online
- “umgarnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache