entführen.
to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal)
Meaning & usage
to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal)
ein Kind entführen
to hijack (a vehicle)
ein Flugzeug entführen
to seize (someone's mind), to lead (someone's thoughts) astray, to take (someone) to some memory or imaginative place
Ihr Gesang entführte mich in die verlorene Welt meiner Vorfahren.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German entvüeren (also enphüeren), from Old High German intfuoren. By surface analysis, ent- + führen, literally “to lead off, to take away”. Formed similarly to Latin abducere, but the Old High German translates other Latin verbs, so a calque must remain speculative. Compare Dutch ontvoeren.
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