betäuben

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German betöuben, betouben, from be- +‎ töuben (“to deafen”), the latter from Old High German touben, from Proto-West Germanic *daubijan. Cognate with Dutch doven. By surface analysis, be- +‎ taub (“deaf, numb”) +‎ -en; compare ein tauber Zeh (“a numb toe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈtɔʏ̯bən/, [bəˈtɔʏ̯.bm̩], [-b(ə)n] Hyphenation: be‧täu‧ben === Verb === betäuben (weak, third-person singular present betäubt, past tense betäubte, past participle betäubt, auxiliary haben) (obsolete except in ohrenbetäubend) to deafen, to make deaf (transitive) to numb, dull, stupefy (transitive, medicine) to anesthetize Synonyms: (both medical parlance) anästhesieren, narkotisieren (reflexive) to numb oneself, typically by intoxication ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “betäuben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “betäuben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “betäuben” in Duden online “betäuben” in OpenThesaurus.de