walten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German walten, from Old High German waltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waldan (to reign), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-. The Middle High German verb was conjugated as both a strong and a weak verb, suggesting a possible merger with unrecorded Old High German *waltōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waldōn, ultimately from the same source.

Compare English wield, Icelandic valda, Polish władać, Serbo-Croatian vládati, Russian владе́ть (vladétʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaltən/, , ,
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  • Hyphenation: wal‧ten
  • Rhymes: -altn̩

Verb

walten (weak, third-person singular present waltet, past tense waltete, past participle gewaltet, auxiliary haben) (dated, solemn, except in expressions)

  1. (intransitive) to rule, to exercise control
  2. (intransitive) to prevail
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Eins aber bereitete ihm Genugtuung, wenn er lag und auf sein Herz, sein körperliches Herz achtete, das rasch und vernehmlich in der Stille pochte, – der vorschriftsmäßigen Hausordnungsstille, die während der Haupt- und Schlafliegekur über dem ganzen „Berghof“ waltete.
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Further reading

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