schlachten
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See also: Schlachten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German slahten, from Old High German slahtōn (“slaughter, sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with Dutch slachten.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃlaxtən/, [ˈʃlaχtn̩], [ˈʃlax-], [-tən]
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schlach‧ten
Verb
[edit]schlachten (weak, third-person singular present schlachtet, past tense schlachtete, past participle geschlachtet, auxiliary haben)
- to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schlachten | ||||
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present participle | schlachtend | ||||
past participle | geschlachtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schlachte | wir schlachten | i | ich schlachte | wir schlachten |
du schlachtest | ihr schlachtet | du schlachtest | ihr schlachtet | ||
er schlachtet | sie schlachten | er schlachte | sie schlachten | ||
preterite | ich schlachtete | wir schlachteten | ii | ich schlachtete1 | wir schlachteten1 |
du schlachtetest | ihr schlachtetet | du schlachtetest1 | ihr schlachtetet1 | ||
er schlachtete | sie schlachteten | er schlachtete1 | sie schlachteten1 | ||
imperative | schlacht (du) schlachte (du) |
schlachtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- schächten (etymologically unrelated)
Further reading
[edit]- “schlachten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schlachten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schlachten” in Duden online
- “schlachten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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