reuten

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German

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Etymology 1

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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

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reuten (weak, third-person singular present reutet, past tense reutete, past participle gereutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic, regional, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to clear woods; to make arable
    Synonym: (originally northern; now generally predominant) roden
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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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

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reuten

  1. (obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of reiten

Further reading

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  • reuten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • reuten” in Duden online