From Middle High German schütten, schüten (“to shake; to pour”), from Old High German scuttēn (“to shake”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, jolt”). Cognate with Bavarian schittn, Hunsrik schidde, Dutch schudden (“to shake”); perhaps cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (“to shake up”) and Russian скитаться (skitatʹsja, “to wander, stray”).
schütten (weak, third-person singular present schüttet, past tense schüttete, past participle geschüttet, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schütten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schüttend | ||||
| past participle | geschüttet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schütte | wir schütten | i | ich schütte | wir schütten |
| du schüttest | ihr schüttet | du schüttest | ihr schüttet | ||
| er schüttet | sie schütten | er schütte | sie schütten | ||
| preterite | ich schüttete | wir schütteten | ii | ich schüttete1 | wir schütteten1 |
| du schüttetest | ihr schüttetet | du schüttetest1 | ihr schüttetet1 | ||
| er schüttete | sie schütteten | er schüttete1 | sie schütteten1 | ||
| imperative | schütt (du) schütte (du) |
schüttet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle Low German schütten, from Old Saxon skuttian, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną. Cognate with German schützen, Hunsrik schitze, Dutch schutten, English shut.
schütten (past schütt, past participle schütt, auxiliary verb hebben)
| infinitive | schütten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | schütt | schütt |
| 2nd person singular | schüttst | schüttst |
| 3rd person singular | schütt | schütt |
| plural | schütt | schütten |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | schütt | |
| plural | schütt | |
| participle | present | past |
| schütten | schütt | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||