entpuppen

German

Etymology

From ent + Puppe + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈpʊpn̩/
  • Hyphenation: ent‧pup‧pen

Verb

entpuppen (third-person singular simple present entpuppt, past tense entpuppte, past participle entpuppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, zoology) to eclose, to emerge from its cocoon/pupa
  2. (reflexive, with als) to turn out to be

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Entpuppung

Further reading

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