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    gänzlich entgangen

    Grammar & Usage

    verb phrase
    formal

    How it works

    Consists of the modal adverb 'gänzlich' (completely/utterly) modifying the past participle 'entgangen' (from the strong verb 'entgehen'). It governs a dative object to indicate who failed to notice something and forms compound tenses with the auxiliary verb 'sein'.

    Sample sentences

    Diese wichtige Neuigkeit ist mir leider gänzlich entgangen.

    This important news unfortunately completely escaped my notice.

    Der Fehler ist der Redaktion bei der Korrektur gänzlich entgangen.

    The error was entirely overlooked by the editorial team during proofreading.

    Es ist ihm gänzlich entgangen, dass sich die Pläne kurzfristig geändert haben.

    It completely escaped his notice that the plans had changed at short notice.

    Quick facts

    base_verb:entgehen (entging, ist entgangen)
    case_governed:Dative
    auxiliary_verb:sein

    Mnemonic

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    Example

    Diese wichtige Neuigkeit ist mir leider gänzlich entgangen.

    This important news unfortunately completely escaped my notice.

    Der Fehler ist der Redaktion bei der Korrektur gänzlich entgangen.

    The error was entirely overlooked by the editorial team during proofreading.

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