Vocabulary
entschlüsseln
· verb
to decode, to decipher, to decrypt
Secret codes, encrypted data, ancient scripts — and anything that is hard to make sense of: „Seine Handschrift ist kaum zu entschlüsseln.“
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Conjugation
- ich
- entschlüssele
- du
- entschlüsselst
- er/sie/es
- entschlüsselt
- wir
- entschlüsseln
- ihr
- entschlüsselt
- sie/Sie
- entschlüsseln
Perfekt hat entschlüsseltPräteritum entschlüsselte
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
entschlüsseln
to decode, to decipher, to decrypt
Wenn jemand die Nachricht entschlüsseln konnte, dann er.
If anyone could decode the message, it was him.
Word family
entschlüsselnder Schlüsselkeyverschlüsselnto encrypt, to encodedie Entschlüsselungdecoding, decryption
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
verschlüsseln
Common learner mistakes
- Sie hat den Code geentschlüsselt.Sie hat den Code entschlüsselt.ent- is an inseparable prefix, so the Partizip II has no ge-.
Real examples
- Wenn jemand die Nachricht entschlüsseln konnte, dann er.If anyone could decode the message, it was him.
- Die ägyptischen Hieroglyphen wurden 1822 von einem Franzosen entschlüsselt.Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered by a Frenchman in 1822.
