enttäuschen
German
Etymology
Late 18th century, from ent- (“un-, dis-”) + täuschen (“to deceive”), a calque of French détromper (“to disillusion”), which had earlier been borrowed as detrompi(e)ren (now obsolete).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛn(t)ˈtɔʏ̯ʃən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ent‧täu‧schen
Verb
enttäuschen (weak, third-person singular present enttäuscht, past tense enttäuschte, past participle enttäuscht, auxiliary haben)
- to disappoint (displease by not fulfilling an expectation)
Conjugation
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Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “enttäuschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “enttäuschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “enttäuschen” in Duden online
- “enttäuschen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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