schalten

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German scaltan; further etymology obscure. Cognate with Old English skaldan.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaltən/, [ˈʃaltn̩], [ˈʃaltən]

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• Rhymes: -altən
• Hyphenation: schal‧ten

schalten (weak or mixed, third-person singular present schaltet, past tense schaltete, past participle geschaltet or (regional) geschalten, auxiliary haben)

1. to switch
2. to shift gears
3. (colloquial) to be on the ball (to be quick to understand and react to something sudden and/or unexpected)

• The normal past past participle is geschaltet.
• The strong form geschalten is used colloquially in some regions. It is rarely seen in writing, although it is the older form.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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