fesseln

See also: Fesseln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛsl̩n], [ˈfɛsəln]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fes‧seln

Verb

fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chain, to bind
    Er fesselte ihn an den Händen.
    He tied his hands.
    Er fesselte ihn an den Stuhl.
    He tied him to the chair.
  2. to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate

Usage notes
  • When a person's body parts (e.g. hands or feet) are tied together 'an' takes the dative.
  • When a person is tied to another object or being 'an' most commonly takes the accusative.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “fesseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “fesseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “fesseln” in Duden online
  • “fesseln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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