aufthun

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German

Etymology

auf +‎ thun

Verb

aufthun (irregular, third-person singular present thut auf, past tense that auf, past participle aufgethan, past subjunctive thäte auf, auxiliary haben)

  1. Obsolete spelling of auftun which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
    • 1857, The Brothers Grimm, Marienkind:
      Er stand still und betrachtete es voll Erstaunen, dann redete er es an und sprach „wer bist du? warum sitzest du hier in der Einöde?“ Es gab aber keine Antwort, denn es konnte seinen Mund nicht aufthun.
      He stood still and looked at it in astonishment, then spoke to it and said “who are you? why are you sitting here in the wilderness?” But there was no answer, for it could not opan its mouth.

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