entziffern
German
Etymology
Calque of French déchiffrer, ent- + ziffern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛntˈt͡sɪfɐn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ent‧zif‧fern
Verb
entziffern (weak, third-person singular present entziffert, past tense entzifferte, past participle entziffert, auxiliary haben)
- decipher
- Synonyms: entschlüsseln, dechiffrieren
- (by extension) to make out, to read (handwriting, text in small print, etc.)
- das Kleingedruckte entziffern ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Further reading
- “entziffern” in Duden online
- “entziffern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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