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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

einhüllen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈaɪnˌhʏlən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enshroud/ɪnˈʃraʊd/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Dichter Nebel begann die Stadt einzuhüllen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To envelop completely and hide from view, typically by or as if by a shroud, mist, or darkness.

    "Dense morning fog began to enshroud the distant mountain peaks."
  2. 2

    To wrap or cover something in mystery or secrecy, making it difficult to understand or perceive.

    "The true origins of the ancient manuscript remain enshrouded in obscurity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix en- (in, to put into) combined with the Old English noun scrūd, meaning garment or clothing. Historically evolving in Middle English to mean wrapping in a burial shroud, it has broadened metaphorically to denote complete concealment by fog, darkness, or mystery.

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