reuten

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German riuten, from Old High German riuten, from Proto-West Germanic *riudijan (“to clear”).

Related with Middle High German roten, roden, whence modern roden. Also distantly related with rauben, raufen, and rau.

Verb

reuten (weak, third-person singular present reutet, past tense reutete, past participle gereutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic, regional, Southern German, Austria, Switzerland) to clear woods; to make arable
    Synonym: (originally northern; now generally predominant) roden
Conjugation

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Etymology 2

Backformation from Reuter, which see. The diphtgongs -eu- and -ei- are merged in unrounding dialects (i.e. the majority of traditional High German dialects).

Verb

reuten

  1. (obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of reiten

Further reading
  • “reuten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “reuten” in Duden online
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