entwischen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German entwischen, from Old High German intwisken. Traditionally considered to be a compound of ent- (“away from”) +‎ wischen (“to wipe, scrub”). However, the second component is considered by Cheung to be derived from a different root, Proto-Indo-European *wyedʰ- (“to shoot, take aim, hit, wound”), with Sanskrit व्यध् (vyadh, “to pierce, hit”) and Old Armenian վէրք (vērkʻ, “wound”) as potential cognates. === Pronunciation === === Verb === entwischen (weak, third-person singular present entwischt, past tense entwischte, past participle entwischt, auxiliary sein) to escape ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “entwischen” in Duden online “entwischen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache