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waten

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German waten, from Old High German watan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. The form is East Central German with open-syllable lengthening before -t-; compare the variants above.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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waten (weak, third-person singular present watet, past tense watete, past participle gewatet, auxiliary sein)

  1. to wade
    Wir sind in Gummistiefeln durch hüfttiefen Schlamm gewatet.
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Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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