fesseln

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn. Synchronically analyzed as Fessel (“fetter, shackle”) +‎ -n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛsl̩n], [ˈfɛsəln] Hyphenation: fes‧seln === Verb === fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben) to chain, to bind [with accusative ‘someone’, along with an (+ accusative) ‘to something’ or an (+ dative) ‘one's body parts together’] (figurative) to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== entfesseln Fesselspiel === References === === Further reading === “fesseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fesseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fesseln” in Duden online “fesseln” in OpenThesaurus.de