entrücken

ent- +‎ rücken

• IPA^(key): /ɛntˈʁʏkən/
• Hyphenation: ent‧rü‧cken

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entrücken (weak, third-person singular present entrückt, past tense entrückte, past participle entrückt, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive, religion) to translate, rapture (physically)

   Elia wurde in den Himmel entrückt. ― Elija was translated to heaven.

2. (transitive, religion) to ravish, enrapture, enthral (spiritually)
3. (transitive, by extension) to captivate, carry away (mentally)
4. (intransitive, higher register) to escape [auxiliary sein] (often with a dative indicating them from whom one escaped)

   Er war seinen Häschern entrückt. ― He had escaped his pursuers.

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