entscheiden

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German entscheiden, equivalent to ent- +‎ scheiden. Cognate with German Low German entscheden, Dutch ontscheiden, Saterland Frisian undskede. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩/, /ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dən/ Hyphenation: ent‧schei‧den === Verb === entscheiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present entscheidet, past tense entschied, past participle entschieden, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to decide, to make a decision [with ob (+ clause) ‘whether ...’ or zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (accusative reflexive) to opt, to decide [with für (+ accusative) ‘on something’ or zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (transitive) to decide, to determine the outcome of ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Entscheiden, Entscheider, Entscheidung entscheidend, entschieden ==== Related terms ==== abscheiden, ausscheiden, verscheiden === Further reading === “entscheiden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “entscheiden” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “entscheiden” in Duden online “entscheiden” in OpenThesaurus.de