feuchten

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German

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German viuhten, from Old High German fūhten, from the adjective fūht, fūhti. By surface analysis, feucht +‎ -en. In modern usage almost exclusively with prefixes.

Verb

feuchten (weak, third-person singular present feuchtet, past tense feuchtete, past participle gefeuchtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to wet something, to get wet
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Etymology 2

Same source as Etymology 1.

Adjective

feuchten

  1. inflection of feucht:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Scots

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Pronunciation

Verb

feuchten

  1. (Southern Scots) past participle of fecht

Adjective

feuchten (comparative mair feuchten, superlative maist feuchten)

  1. (Southern Scots) beaten, done out