entblöden

== German == === Etymology === ent- (prefix indicating separation) +‎ blöd (“shy, timid”, now obsolete meaning) +‎ -en (verb suffix). The verb dates from the 17th century and quickly changed its meaning when blöd shifted from “timid” to “stupid”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛntˈbløːdn̩] Hyphenation: ent‧blö‧den === Verb === entblöden (weak, third-person singular present entblödet, past tense entblödete, past participle entblödet, auxiliary haben) (transitive, obsolete) to take a risk (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, higher register) to do something unwise or shameless ==== Usage notes ==== The verb always takes a negation in declarative statements, and usually also in questions. The negation does not change the meaning. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Entblödung === Further reading === “entblöden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “entblöden” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “entblöden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “entblöden” in Duden online Kluge, Friedrich (2002), “entblöden”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN