German

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Etymology

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ein- +‎ ziehen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯nˌt͡siːə̯n/, [ˈʔaɪ̯nˌt͡siːə̯n], [ˈʔaɪ̯nˌt͡siːn]
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  • Hyphenation: ein‧zie‧hen

Verb

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einziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht ein, past tense zog ein, past participle eingezogen, past subjunctive zöge ein, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to thread (elastic, thread etc.) [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive) to put in (a joist, wall etc.) [auxiliary haben]
  3. (transitive) to retract, pull in; to lower (a periscope); to take in (a rudder) [auxiliary haben]
  4. (transitive, military) to conscript, draft [auxiliary haben]
  5. (transitive) to collect (taxes etc.) [auxiliary haben]
  6. (transitive, government) to take out of circulation (banknotes), to withdraw, to confiscate (a permit, property) [auxiliary haben]
  7. (transitive, typography) to indent [auxiliary haben]
  8. (transitive, law) to strip of its public-law binding [auxiliary haben]
    Synonym: entwidmen
  9. (intransitive) to move in [with in (+ dative) ‘to a location’] [auxiliary sein]
  10. (intransitive) to penetrate; to be absorbed; to soak [with in (+ accusative) ‘into something’] [auxiliary sein]
    Die Farbe zog in das Papier ein.The paint soaked into the paper.
  11. (intransitive, military, politics) to enter [with in (+ accusative) ‘a location’] [auxiliary sein]
    Das Heer zog in die Stadt ein.The army entered the city.
    Das neue Partei zog gestern ins Parlament ein.The new party entered Parliament yesterday.
  12. (intransitive) to come, to arrive (of peace, a mood, etc.) [with in (+ dative) ‘in a location’] [auxiliary sein]
    Am 11. November 1918 zog der Frieden ein.On November 11th, 1918 peace arrived.
  13. (reflexive, regional) to get a small object in a body part e.g. a splinter [auxiliary haben]
    Synonym: einreißen
    Sie hat sich einen Schiefer in die Hand eingezogen.She got a splinter in her hand.

Usage notes

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  • All transitive usages are conjugated with haben while all intransitive usages are conjugated with sein.
  • Note that in some senses, in governs the accusative, while in others it governs the dative.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • einziehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • einziehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • einziehen” in Duden online
  • einziehen” in OpenThesaurus.de