jäten
German
Alternative forms
- gäten
- geten (proscribed, obsolete)
- jeten (proscribed, obsolete)
- jetten (obsolete)
- jätten (obsolete, less common)
Etymology
From Middle High German jeten, from Old High German jetan, from Proto-Germanic *jedaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛːtən/, [ˈjɛːtn̩] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈjeːtən/, [ˈjeːtn̩] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: jä‧ten
Verb
- to weed
Conjugation
- Older strong past participle: gejäten
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jäten” in Duden online
- Anleitung zur deutschen Sprachkunst, zum Gebrauche der Schulen, in den Churlanden zu Baiern. Mit Genehmhaltung der Churbaierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München, 1765, page 148: "Jäten das Unkraut ausrotten; nicht jeten oder geten."
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