fechten

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German fehtan (to fight), from Proto-Germanic *fehtanan. Cognate to English fight.

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fechten (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present ficht, past tense focht, auxiliary haben, past participle gefochten)

  1. (intransitive) to fence
  2. (intransitive, poetic) to fight
    • 1772, Salomon Geßner, Neue Idyllen:
      Einer, der neben mir focht, sah rückwärts, rafft' auf seine Schulter mich, und lief mit mir aus der Schlacht. Ein frommer Ordensmann betete nicht weit auf einem Fels um unsern Sieg: Pflege diesen, Vater, er hat gefochten wie ein Mann!
      “One who fought next to me, looked backward, gather'd me up on his shoulder, and ran with me from the battle. A devout man of God prayed not far on a rock for our victory: Look after this one, father, he has fought like a man!”
    • 1844, Karl Simrock, Das kleine Heldenbuch:
      Bald gilt an deinem Hofe ein angelneuer Brauch: / Du fichtst nun mit der Linken, die Goten werdens auch
      “Soon a new English custom held in your court: / You now fight with the left hand, as is done by the Goths”
    • Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel:
      Ich hörte wilden Lärm, als föchte man, Und der Wind bringt vom Kapitol ihn her.
      “I heard a bustling rumour, as if one fought, and the wind brings it from the Capitol.”

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[edit] Low German

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German vechten, from Old Saxon fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtanan. Cognate with English fight.

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  • IPA: /fɛxtn̩/

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fechten

  1. to fight, to combat, to wage battle
  2. to fence
  3. to struggle
  4. to brawl

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