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ätzen in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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German
- etzen (Early Modern German)
Etymology
From Middle High German etzen, from Old High German ezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *attjan, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
ätzen (weak, third-person singular present ätzt, past tense ätzte, past participle geätzt, auxiliary haben)
- to etch
- to cauterize
- (figurative) to provoke, rant
2019 June 17, Michael Bartsch, “Kommentar OB-Wahl in Görlitz: Noch nichts gewonnen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Beide mobilisierten immerhin ein Drittel des Wählerpotenzials. Bei den Rechtsnationalen ätzte man auch prompt gegen die „Blockparteien“.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
ätzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “ätzen” in Duden online
- “ätzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache