entrücken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German entrücken. Equivalent to ent- +‎ rücken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛntˈʁʏkən/ Hyphenation: ent‧rü‧cken === Verb === entrücken (weak, third-person singular present entrückt, past tense entrückte, past participle entrückt, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive, religion) to translate, to rapture (physically) Elia wurde in den Himmel entrückt. ― Elija was translated to heaven. (transitive, religion) to ravish, to enrapture, to enthrall (spiritually) (transitive, by extension) to transport, to carry away (mentally) [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘from someone/somewhere’] (intransitive, higher register) to escape [with dative ‘(from) someone/something’] [auxiliary sein] Er war seinen Häschern entrückt. ― He had escaped his pursuers. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Entrücken Entrückung === Further reading === “entrücken” in Duden online “entrücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache