rüsten

See also: rusten

German

Etymology

From Old High German rusten, hrusten (“prepare, adorn”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *hrustijan, cognate with Old English hyrstan (“equip, adorn”), root-cognate with Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁʏstən/, [ˈʁʏstn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: rüs‧ten

Verb

rüsten (weak, third-person singular present rüstet, past tense rüstete, past participle gerüstet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to equip, to arm
  2. (transitive, chiefly Switzerland) to prepare, make ready
    Synonyms: anrichten, vorbereiten
    einen Salat rüsten ― to prepare a salad

Conjugation

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Derived terms
Derived terms

Descendants
  • →⇒ Polish: rusztować

Further reading
  • “rüsten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “rüsten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “rüsten” in Duden online
  • “rüsten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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