entzwei

From Middle High German enzwei, entzwī, inzwī, untzwī, equivalent to ent- +‎ zwei. Cognate with Middle Low German entwei, intwei, untwey.

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entzwei (strong nominative masculine singular entzweier, not comparable)

1. halved, divided (in two)
2. broken

   Synonyms: kaputt, defekt

Attributive use of this word and hence inflection is subliterary and proscribed—as likely as zu, aus, durch, an being declined. The predicative is not, but is unexpected in the absence of artistic aspirations, in comparison to the inevitable uses as a separable prefix, entzwei-.

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• “entzwei” in Duden online
• “entzwei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “entzwei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.