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From Middle High German retten, from Old High German hretten or retten, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to save, rescue”). Cognate with Dutch redden, English redd and rid, Polish ratować. More at redd, rid.
retten (weak, third-person singular present rettet, past tense rettete, past participle gerettet, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | retten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | rettend | ||||
| past participle | gerettet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich rette | wir retten | i | ich rette | wir retten |
| du rettest | ihr rettet | du rettest | ihr rettet | ||
| er rettet | sie retten | er rette | sie retten | ||
| preterite | ich rettete | wir retteten | ii | ich rettete1 | wir retteten1 |
| du rettetest | ihr rettetet | du rettetest1 | ihr rettetet1 | ||
| er rettete | sie retteten | er rettete1 | sie retteten1 | ||
| imperative | rett (du) rette (du) |
rettet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From a onomatopoeic root + -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).
retten
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | rettenek | rettensz | retten | rettenünk | rettentek | rettennek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | rettentem | rettentél | rettent | rettentünk | rettentetek | rettentek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. rettenni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | rettenék | rettenél | rettene | rettenénk | rettenétek | rettenének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. retten vala, rettent vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | rettenendek | rettenendesz | rettenend | rettenendünk | rettenendetek | rettenendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | rettennék | rettennél | rettenne | rettennénk | rettennétek | rettennének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettent volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | rettenjek | rettenj or rettenjél |
rettenjen | rettenjünk | rettenjetek | rettenjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettent légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | rettenni | rettennem | rettenned | rettennie | rettennünk | rettennetek | rettenniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| rettenés | rettenő | rettent | ― | rettenve (rettenvén) | |||||
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | rettenhetek | rettenhetsz | rettenhet | rettenhetünk | rettenhettek | rettenhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | rettenhettem | rettenhettél | rettenhetett | rettenhettünk | rettenhettetek | rettenhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | rettenheték | rettenhetél | rettenhete | rettenheténk | rettenhetétek | rettenhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. rettenhet vala, rettenhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | rettenhetendek or rettenandhatok |
rettenhetendesz or rettenandhatsz |
rettenhetend or rettenandhat |
rettenhetendünk or rettenandhatunk |
rettenhetendetek or rettenandhattok |
rettenhetendenek or rettenandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | rettenhetnék | rettenhetnél | rettenhetne | rettenhetnénk | rettenhetnétek | rettenhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettenhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | rettenhessek | rettenhess or rettenhessél |
rettenhessen | rettenhessünk | rettenhessetek | rettenhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettenhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (rettenhetni) | (rettenhetnem) | (rettenhetned) | (rettenhetnie) | (rettenhetnünk) | (rettenhetnetek) | (rettenhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (rettenhetve / rettenhetvén) | ||||
(With verbal prefixes):
From Middle High German retten, from Old High German retten, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną. Cognate with German retten, Dutch redden, English redd, Danish redde.
retten (third-person singular present rett, past participle gerett, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | retten | |
| participle | gerett | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | retten | — |
| 2nd singular | retts | rett |
| 3rd singular | rett | — |
| 1st plural | retten | — |
| 2nd plural | rett | rett |
| 3rd plural | retten | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
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