eskamotieren

German

Etymology

From French escamoter +‎ -ieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛskamoˈtiːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: es‧ka‧mo‧tie‧ren

Verb

eskamotieren (weak, third-person singular present eskamotiert, past tense eskamotierte, past participle eskamotiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (erudite) to make something vanish
  2. (erudite, figurative) to come up with a contrived argument in order to make another’s argument seem invalid and empty

Conjugation

  • Eskamotage
  • Eskamoteur
  • Eskamotierung

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