Polyglot Dictionary

entarten

/ɛntˈʔaʁtn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
entartet
past
entartete
perfect
ist entartet

Meaning

  1. to degenerate

    Built from ent- (away, out of) + Art (kind).

    • Die Diskussion entartete zum Streit.

      The discussion degenerated into a quarrel.

    • Die Party entartete zu einem wilden Streit. Am Ende kam die Polizei.

      The party degenerated into a wild argument. In the end the police came.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • ent- away, out of
  • Art kind

Similar words

ausarten

Ausarten (usually "ausarten in") is a situation getting out of hand, degenerating into chaos, like a party turning into a brawl; entarten is degenerating in a moral or biological sense, and is historically a loaded term from Nazi-era propaganda ("entartete Kunst").

Similar in other languages

Spanish

degenerar

degenerar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to degenerate."

Portuguese

degenerar

degenerar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to degenerate."

Practice

1 What does entarten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Diskussion ___ zum Streit.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches entarten?

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