schlachten
See also: Schlachten
German
Etymology
From Middle High German slahten, from Old High German slahtōn (“slaughter, sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with Dutch slachten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlaxtən/, [ˈʃlaχtn̩], [ˈʃlax-], [-tən]
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schlach‧ten
Verb
schlachten (weak, third-person singular present schlachtet, past tense schlachtete, past participle geschlachtet, auxiliary haben)
- to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- abschlachten
- notschlachten
- schlachtbar
- Schlachtung
- Schlachtvieh
- Schlachttier
- Schlachthof
See also
- schächten (etymologically unrelated)
Further reading
- “schlachten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schlachten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schlachten” in Duden online
- “schlachten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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