walten
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German waltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waldan (“to reign”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-. The Middle High German verb was conjugated as both a strong and a weak verb, suggesting a possible merger with unrecorded Old High German *waltōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waldōn, ultimately from the same source.
Compare English wield, Icelandic valda, Polish władać, Serbo-Croatian vládati, Russian владе́ть (vladétʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaltən/, [ˈval.tn̩], [ˈʋal-], [-tən]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wal‧ten
Verb
walten (weak, third-person singular present waltet, past tense waltete, past participle gewaltet, auxiliary haben) (dated, solemn, except in expressions)
- (intransitive, with genitive or über) to rule over, to exercise
- (intransitive) to prevail
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:
- Eins aber bereitete ihm Genugtuung, wenn er lag und auf sein Herz, sein körperliches Herz achtete, das rasch und vernehmlich in der Stille pochte, – der vorschriftsmäßigen Hausordnungsstille, die während der Haupt- und Schlafliegekur über dem ganzen „Berghof“ waltete.
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Usage notes
- The simplex is now chiefly restricted to walten lassen, schalten und walten, seines Amtes walten.
Conjugation
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