ritzen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ritzen, *rizzen (in combinations), from the fusion of Old High German rizzen (from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan (“to tear, cut”)) and Old High German rizzōn, rezzōn (“to scratch; tear; cut; incise”) (from riz (“scoring; crack; incision; impression; stroke; character, letter”)).
Compare Middle Low German ritten (“to tear, rip, rupture, nick”), Middle English ritten (“to cut; tear open; slit”), whence English dialectal rit (“to scratch; rip; slit”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]ritzen (weak, third-person singular present ritzt, past tense ritzte, past participle geritzt, auxiliary haben)
- to scratch
- Sie ritzten ihre Namen in die Rinde der Weide.
- They carved their names into the bark of the willow tree.
- to cut (self-harming behaviour)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | ritzen | ||||
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present participle | ritzend | ||||
past participle | geritzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ritze | wir ritzen | i | ich ritze | wir ritzen |
du ritzt | ihr ritzt | du ritzest | ihr ritzet | ||
er ritzt | sie ritzen | er ritze | sie ritzen | ||
preterite | ich ritzte | wir ritzten | ii | ich ritzte1 | wir ritzten1 |
du ritztest | ihr ritztet | du ritztest1 | ihr ritztet1 | ||
er ritzte | sie ritzten | er ritzte1 | sie ritzten1 | ||
imperative | ritz (du) ritze (du) |
ritzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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