fesseln

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛsl̩n], [ˈfɛsəln]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fes‧seln

Verb

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fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chain, to bind [with accusative ‘someone’, along with an (+ accusative) ‘to something’ or an (+ dative) ‘one's body parts together’]
    Er fesselte ihn an den Händen. (an with dative)
    He tied his hands.
    Er fesselte ihn an den Stuhl. (an with accusative)
    He tied him to the chair.
  2. (figurative) to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • fesseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fesseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fesseln” in Duden online
  • fesseln” in OpenThesaurus.de