hin- und hergerissen

German

Etymology

From hingerissen and hergerissen, with the former being clipped by a suspended hyphen (Ergänzungsstrich).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪn ʊnt ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌʁɪsn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: hin- und her‧ge‧ris‧sen

Participle

hin- und hergerissen

  1. past participle of hin- und herreißen

Adjective

hin- und hergerissen (strong nominative masculine singular hin- und hergerissener, not comparable)

  1. (predicative) torn (unable to decide, in a state of reduced abstract unity or coherence)
    Synonym: unentschlossen
    Ich bin hin- und hergerissen zwischen Optimismus und Skepsis.
    I'm torn between optimism and skepticism.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Hin-und Hergerissener
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