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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German jeten, from Old High German jetan, from Proto-Germanic *jedaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛːtən/, (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈjeːtən/, (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: jä‧ten
Verb
jäten (weak, third-person singular present jätet, past tense jätete, past participle gejätet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to pull out (weeds)
- (transitive) to weed (a garden, etc.)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
jäten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
- Older strong past participle: gejäten
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jäten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “jäten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “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."