schlichten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German slihten, from Old High German slihten, from Proto-West Germanic *slihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *slihtijaną. By surface analysis, schlicht +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɪçtn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: schlich‧ten

Verb

schlichten (weak, third-person singular present schlichtet, past tense schlichtete, past participle geschlichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to settle, to mediate (a dispute or argument)
  2. (transitive) to smoothen (metal, wood, leather, etc.)
  3. (transitive, Austria, Bavaria) to pile up, to sort, to order

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