- entsagen
- v/i; geh., der Welt, einem Genuss etc.: renounce, forswear förm.; der Welt entsagen auch turn one’s back on the world, renounce all worldly things; dem Alkohol etc. entsagen give up (oder stop) drinking, give up alcohol, get on the wagon umg.; dem Thron entsagen abdicate (the throne), step down from the throne* * *to resign; to forswear; to give up; to renounce* * *ent|sa|gen [ɛnt'zaːgn] ptp entsagtvi +dat (geh)to renounce
sie hat vielen Freuden entságen müssen — she had to forgo many pleasures
dem muss ich entságen — I shall have to forgo that
* * *(to give up; to stop: He has forsworn all his bad habits.) forswear* * *ent·sa·gen *vi (geh)▪ etw dat \entsagen to renounce [or form forgo] sthdem Weine kann ich nicht \entsagen I cannot forgo wine* * *intransitives Verb (geh.)einem Genuss entsagen — renounce or forgo a pleasure
* * *entsagen v/i; geh, der Welt, einem Genuss etc: renounce, forswear form;dem Alkohol etcdem Thron entsagen abdicate (the throne), step down from the throne* * *intransitives Verb (geh.)einem Genuss entsagen — renounce or forgo a pleasure
* * *v.to abdicate v.to abjure v.
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