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Etymology edit

ent- +‎ rücken

Pronunciation edit

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

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

  1. (transitive, religion) to translate, rapture (physically)
    Elia wurde in den Himmel entrückt.Elija was translated to heaven.
  2. (transitive, religion) to ravish, enrapture, enthral (spiritually)
  3. (transitive, by extension) to captivate, carry away (mentally)
  4. (intransitive, higher register) to escape [auxiliary sein] (often with a dative indicating them from whom one escaped)
    Er war seinen Häschern entrückt.He had escaped his pursuers.

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