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German
Etymology
From Middle High German æhten, āhten, from Old High German āhten, from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htijan. By surface analysis, Acht + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
ächten (weak, third-person singular present ächtet, past tense ächtete, past participle geächtet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, historical) to banish, ostracize, outlaw (expel someone from society and declare them unprotected by law)
- Synonyms: mit der Acht belegen, in Acht und Bann tun/schlagen, bannen, verbannen, für vogelfrei erklären
- (figurative) to ostracize, shun (look down upon someone and refuse to associate with them)
- Synonyms: ausstoßen, ausgrenzen, meiden
Als Demokraten sollten wir Andersdenkende achten und nicht ächten.- As democrats we should respect people with dissenting opinions, not ostracize them.
- (figurative) to proscribe, outlaw, ban (declare something unacceptable)
- Dumdum-Geschosse sind international geächtet. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
ächten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
ächten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ächten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ächten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ächten” in Duden online
- “ächten” in OpenThesaurus.de
German Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon aftan.
Adverb
ächten
- behind
- there
- dà ächten ― over there
References
- Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der Westfälischen Mundart, Band I (1882, Norden/Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag)