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wätje

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian *hwettia, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan. Cognates include West Frisian hotsje and German wetzen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wätje

  1. (transitive) to whet, sharpen

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wätje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme wätje
infinitive tou wätjen
present past
singular iek wätje wättede
du wättest wättedest
hie/ju/dät wättet wättede
plural wätje wätteden
imperative
singular wät
plural wätjet
present past
participle wätjend wätted
auxiliary verb häbe

Derived terms

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “wätje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN