betören
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German betœren. By surface analysis, be- + Tor (“fool”) + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bəˈtøːrən/, [bəˈtøː.ʁən], [-ˈtøː.ɐn], [-ˈtøːɐ̯n], [-ˈtœɐ̯n]
- Hyphenation: be‧tö‧ren
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -øːʀən, -øːʁən
Verb
[edit]betören (weak, third-person singular present betört, past tense betörte, past participle betört, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, chiefly literary) to bewitch, infatuate, intoxicate, stupefy, to make someone unable to think straight
- Der Blick ihrer pechschwarzen Augen betörte ihn.
- The glance of her pitch-black eyes infatuated him.
- Ich war betört von der lauten Musik und der tanzenden Menge.
- I was intoxicated by the loud music and the dancing crowd.
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Straße”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
- Denn morgen wirst in allen Ehren, / Das arme Gretchen nicht bethören / Und alle Seelenlieb’ ihr schwören?
- For wilt thou not, no lover fairer, / Poor Margaret flatter, and ensnare her, / And all thy soul's devotion swear her?
- 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Mythologie”, in Romanzero[2], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Aber tief muß uns empören / Was wir von der Leda lesen– / Welche Gans bist du gewesen, / Daß ein Schwan dich konnt betören!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | betören | ||||
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present participle | betörend | ||||
past participle | betört | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich betöre | wir betören | i | ich betöre | wir betören |
du betörst | ihr betört | du betörest | ihr betöret | ||
er betört | sie betören | er betöre | sie betören | ||
preterite | ich betörte | wir betörten | ii | ich betörte1 | wir betörten1 |
du betörtest | ihr betörtet | du betörtest1 | ihr betörtet1 | ||
er betörte | sie betörten | er betörte1 | sie betörten1 | ||
imperative | betör (du) betöre (du) |
betört (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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