Dictionary
Betäubung
Meaning
- narcosis, anesthesia (local or general anesthesia), any state of numbness or reduced consciousness caused by outside influence
- narcosis, anesthesia, the act of causing such a state
- narcotic, anesthetic, the substance used to induce such a state
- emotional numbness, a state of apathy or shock
- physical numbness in general
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈtɔɪ̯bʊŋ(k)/
Etymology
From betäuben + -ung, literally “benumbing”.
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