entziehen
[ʔɛntˈtsiː.ən] verb B2- to revoke (a right or permission) · Man wird der Mutter das Sorgerecht entziehen und dem Vater zusprechen. Custody will be withdrawn from the mother and granted to the father.
- to withdraw (to remove, stop providing) · Nach dem Diebstahl von Büromaterial entzog der Chef seiner Sekretärin das Vertrauen. After the theft of office material, the boss stopped trusting (lit. "withdrew his trust from") his secretary
- to extract (to withdraw by a mechanical or chemical process) · Alkohol entzieht dem Körper Wasser. Alcohol extracts water from the body.
- to shirk, escape, avoid (one's responsibilities, the consequences of one's actions, etc.) · Der Mörder wird sich seiner Verantwortung nicht entziehen können. The murderer will not be able to shirk his responsibility.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- entziehen
- Present (er)
- entzieht
- Präteritum (er)
- entzog
- Perfekt (er)
- hat entzogen
- Infinitive with zu
- zu entziehen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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