reuten
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German riuten, from Old High German riuten, from Proto-West Germanic *riudijan (“to clear”).
Related with Middle High German roten, roden, whence modern roden. Also distantly related with rauben, raufen, and rau.
Verb
[edit]reuten (weak, third-person singular present reutet, past tense reutete, past participle gereutet, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, regional, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to clear woods; to make arable
- Synonym: (originally northern; now generally predominant) roden
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | reuten | ||||
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present participle | reutend | ||||
past participle | gereutet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich reute | wir reuten | i | ich reute | wir reuten |
du reutest | ihr reutet | du reutest | ihr reutet | ||
er reutet | sie reuten | er reute | sie reuten | ||
preterite | ich reutete | wir reuteten | ii | ich reutete1 | wir reuteten1 |
du reutetest | ihr reutetet | du reutetest1 | ihr reutetet1 | ||
er reutete | sie reuteten | er reutete1 | sie reuteten1 | ||
imperative | reut (du) reute (du) |
reutet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
[edit]Backformation from Reuter, which see. The diphtgongs -eu- and -ei- are merged in unrounding dialects (i.e. the majority of traditional High German dialects).
Verb
[edit]reuten
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