entrücken

See also: Entrücken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German entrücken. Equivalent to ent- +‎ rücken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈʁʏkən/
  • Hyphenation: ent‧rü‧cken
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Verb

entrücken (weak, third-person singular present entrückt, past tense entrückte, past participle entrückt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, religion) to translate, to rapture (physically)
    Elia wurde in den Himmel entrückt.Elija was translated to heaven.
  2. (transitive, religion) to ravish, to enrapture, to enthrall (spiritually)
  3. (transitive, by extension) to transport, to carry away (mentally) [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘from someone/somewhere’]
  4. (intransitive, higher register) to escape [with dative ‘(from) someone/something’] [auxiliary sein]
    Er war seinen Häschern entrückt.He had escaped his pursuers.

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