entbieten

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈbiːtn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: ent‧bie‧ten

Verb

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entbieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present entbietet, past tense entbot, past participle entboten, past subjunctive entböte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (literary, transitive) to present [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘one's greetings, etc.’]
  2. (literary, archaic, transitive) to summon [with accusative ‘someone’ and zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    • 1902, Stefan Zweig, Die Wanderung:
      Und da wusste er, dass der Heiland ihn zu sich entboten.
      And then he knew that the Saviour had summoned him.

Conjugation

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