hüten

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hüeten, Old High German huoten (to watch, take care), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan, see there for further etymology.

Cognate with Old Saxon hōdian, Old English hēdan, Dutch hoeden, English heed.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhyːtn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: hü‧ten

Verb

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hüten (weak, third-person singular present hütet, past tense hütete, past participle gehütet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to watch
  2. (of animals, transitive) to herd, to tend
  3. (reflexive, with vor + dative) to be wary, to watch out
    Man sollte sich vor voreiligen Schlüssen hüten.
    One should beware of hasty conclusions.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: hytte

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “hüten”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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