entgehen

German

Etymology

From ent- +‎ gehen.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːən
  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈɡeːən/, [ʔɛntˈɡeːn]

Verb

entgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present entgeht, past tense entging, past participle entgangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to slip past (someone)
  2. (transitive) to escape notice [with dative ‘to someone’]
    Du weißt ja gar nicht was dir entgeht.
    You really don’t know what you’re missing.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • Entgang

Further reading

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