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[2] (in German) “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