ritzen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), *rizzen (in combinations), from the fusion of Old High German rizzen (from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan (“to tear, cut”)) and Old High German rizzōn, rezzōn (“to scratch; tear; cut; incise”) (from riz (“scoring; crack; incision; impression; stroke; character, letter”)).

Compare Middle Low German ritten (“to tear, rip, rupture, nick”), Middle English ritten (“to cut; tear open; slit”), whence English dialectal rit (“to scratch; rip; slit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɪt͡sən/, [ˈʁɪt͡sn̩]

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ritzen (weak, third-person singular present ritzt, past tense ritzte, past participle geritzt, auxiliary haben)

1. to scratch

   Sie ritzten ihre Namen in die Rinde der Weide.

   They carved their names into the bark of the willow tree.

2. to cut (self-harming behaviour)

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