Jump to content

entrinnen

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Entrinnen

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle High German entrinnen, from Old High German inttrinnan, intrinnan. Probably related to trennen and abtrünnig. Not related to rinnen, but possibly influenced by it.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ɛntˈʁɪnən]
  • Hyphenation: ent‧rin‧nen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

[edit]

entrinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present entrinnt, past tense entrann, past participle entronnen, past subjunctive entränne or entrönne, auxiliary sein)

  1. (formal) to escape [with dative ‘someone/something’]
    Niemand kann dem Tod entrinnen.
    Nobody can escape death.

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • entrinnen” in Duden online
  • entrinnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • entrinnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon