ächten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German æhten, āhten, from Old High German āhten, from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htijan. By surface analysis, Acht + -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editächten (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)
- (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
editinfinitive | ächten | ||||
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present participle | ächtend | ||||
past participle | geächtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ächte | wir ächten | i | ich ächte | wir ächten |
du ächtest | ihr ächtet | du ächtest | ihr ächtet | ||
er ächtet | sie ächten | er ächte | sie ächten | ||
preterite | ich ächtete | wir ächteten | ii | ich ächtete1 | wir ächteten1 |
du ächtetest | ihr ächtetet | du ächtetest1 | ihr ächtetet1 | ||
er ächtete | sie ächteten | er ächtete1 | sie ächteten1 | ||
imperative | ächt (du) ächte (du) |
ächtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Acht (“banishment”)
Further reading
editGerman Low German
editEtymology
editAdverb
editächten
References
edit- Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der Westfälischen Mundart, Band I (1882, Norden/Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag)
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