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It often implies the casting of [[harm]], as in general the object is often a kind of ill. |
It often implies the casting of [[harm]], as in general the object is often a kind of ill. {{m|de||Ich habe ihm nichts angetan.}} {{m|de||Er wird sich etwas antun.}} Though as the quoted example shows, this does not need to be so. Also, in a more recent idiomatic and rather colloquial sense deriving from this bewitchment sense used with [[expletive]] object ({{m|de|es}}) it means mere [[appeal]], [[enthuse]]ment. {{m|de||Das Lied hat es ihm angetan.}} |
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Revision as of 22:35, 11 August 2019
See also: Antun
German
Alternative forms
- anthun (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈʔanˌtuːn/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter)Audio: (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Hyphenation: an‧tun
Verb
- to do something to someone
- 1930, Robert Musil, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Book 1, Chapter 42: Die große Sitzung:
- Inzwischen hatte Diotima ihre bildhafte Ruhe wiedergefunden, eröffnete nach einigen Augenblicken die Sitzung und bat Se. Erlaucht, ihrem Hause die Ehre anzutun, darin den Vorsitz zu übernehmen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
It often implies the casting of harm, as in general the object is often a kind of ill. Ich habe ihm nichts angetan. Er wird sich etwas antun. Though as the quoted example shows, this does not need to be so. Also, in a more recent idiomatic and rather colloquial sense deriving from this bewitchment sense used with expletive object (es) it means mere appeal, enthusement. Das Lied hat es ihm angetan.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “antun” in Duden online