From Old High German fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.
Cognate to Low German fechten, Dutch vechten, English fight, Danish fægte, Norwegian Bokmål fekte, Norwegian Nynorsk fekta, fekte.
fechten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present (standard but rare in the vernacular) ficht or (colloquial) fechtet, past tense focht, past participle gefochten, past subjunctive föchte, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | fechten | ||||
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present participle | fechtend | ||||
past participle | gefochten | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fechte | wir fechten | i | ich fechte | wir fechten |
du fichtst1 du fechtest2 |
ihr fechtet | du fechtest | ihr fechtet | ||
er ficht1 er fechtet2 |
sie fechten | er fechte | sie fechten | ||
preterite | ich focht | wir fochten | ii | ich föchte3 | wir föchten3 |
du fochtest du fochtst |
ihr fochtet | du föchtest3 | ihr föchtet3 | ||
er focht | sie fochten | er föchte3 | sie föchten3 | ||
imperative | ficht (du)1 fecht (du) fechte (du) |
fechtet (ihr) |
1Standard but rare in the vernacular.
2Colloquial.
3Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle Low German vechten, from Old Saxon fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.
Cognate with English fight, German fechten, Dutch vechten, West Frisian fjuchte, Danish fegte.
fechten (past singular fecht or focht, past participle fecht or fochten, auxiliary verb hebben)
infinitive | fechten | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | fecht | fecht |
2nd person singular | fechtst | fechtst |
3rd person singular | fecht | fecht |
plural | fecht | fechten |
imperative | present | — |
singular | fecht | |
plural | fecht | |
participle | present | past |
fechten | fecht | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
infinitive | fechten | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | fecht | focht |
2nd person singular | fechts(t) | fochts(t) |
3rd person singular | fecht(t) | focht |
plural | fechtt, fechten | fochten |
imperative | present | — |
singular | fecht | |
plural | fechtt | |
participle | present | past |
fechten | (e)fochten, gefochten | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |