jäten
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German jeten, from Old High German jetan, from Proto-Germanic *jedaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjɛːtən/, [ˈjɛːtn̩] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈjeːtən/, [ˈjeːtn̩] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: jä‧ten
Verb
[edit]jäten (weak, third-person singular present jätet, past tense jätete, past participle gejätet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to pull out (weeds)
- (transitive) to weed (a garden, etc.)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | jäten | ||||
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present participle | jätend | ||||
past participle | gejätet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich jäte | wir jäten | i | ich jäte | wir jäten |
du jätest | ihr jätet | du jätest | ihr jätet | ||
er jätet | sie jäten | er jäte | sie jäten | ||
preterite | ich jätete | wir jäteten | ii | ich jätete1 | wir jäteten1 |
du jätetest | ihr jätetet | du jätetest1 | ihr jätetet1 | ||
er jätete | sie jäteten | er jätete1 | sie jäteten1 | ||
imperative | jät (du) jäte (du) |
jätet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
- Older strong past participle: gejäten
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jäten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “jäten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “jäten” in Duden online
- Anleitung zur deutschen Sprachkunst, zum Gebrauche der Schulen, in den Churlanden zu Baiern. Mit Genehmhaltung der Churbaierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München, 1765, page 148: "Jäten das Unkraut ausrotten; nicht jeten oder geten."
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