German

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Etymology

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Old High German inttrinnan

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛntˈʁɪnən]
  • Hyphenation: ent‧rin‧nen
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Verb

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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

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Further reading

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  • entrinnen” in Duden online
  • entrinnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache