schütten

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See also: schutten

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German schütten, schüten (to shake; to pour), from Old High German scuttēn (to shake), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (to shake, jolt). Cognate with Bavarian schittn, Hunsrik schidde, Dutch schudden (to shake); perhaps cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (to shake up) and Russian скитаться (skitatʹsja, to wander, stray).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏtən/, [ˈʃʏtən], [ˈʃʏtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: schüt‧ten
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

schütten (weak, third-person singular present schüttet, past tense schüttete, past participle geschüttet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pour; of both liquids and solids
    Synonym: gießen (of liquids, especially larger quantities)
    Er schüttet sich Wasser ins Glas.
    He’s pouring water into his glass.
    Der Müll wird auf die Halde geschüttet.
    The waste is poured on the dump.
  2. (colloquial, impersonal) to rain heavily
    Synonym: gießen

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Further reading[edit]

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

Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German schütten, from Old Saxon skuttian, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną. Cognate with German schützen, Hunsrik schitze, Dutch schutten, English shut.

Verb[edit]

schütten (past schütt, past participle schütt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to shut in
  2. to stow, dam up

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