rasten

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German

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German rasten, from Old High German rastōn, from Proto-West Germanic *rastōn (to rest), equivalent to Rast +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German rasten (to rest), dialectal Dutch rasten (to rest), Saterland Frisian räästje (to rest), Middle English rasten (to rest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁastn̩/
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Verb

rasten (weak, third-person singular present rastet, past tense rastete, past participle gerastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rest
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

rasten

  1. inflection of rasen:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

rasten

  1. definite singular of rast

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