schächten

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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17th century, from Hebrew שָׁחַט (šāḥaṭ). The umlaut possibly spread from the derivative Schächter (Jewish butcher), where it may have sprung from analogy with unrelated Schlächter (butcher), but a verb form with -a- seems unattested.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛçtən/
  • Hyphenation: schäch‧ten
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛçtn̩

Verb

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schächten (weak, third-person singular present schächtet, past tense schächtete, past participle geschächtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly Judaism, Islam) to slaughter by bleeding out

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