ætse

Danish

Etymology

From German ätzen, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną (“to make eat”), cognate with Old Norse etja (“to feed”). English etch and Dutch etsen are also borrowed from German. The Germanic verb is a causative of *etaną (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛˀd̥sə]

Noun

ætse (imperative æts, infinitive at ætse, present tense ætser, past tense ætsede, perfect tense har ætset)

1. corrode (of an acid)
2. (reflexive, figuratively) to influence painfully
3. to etch (to engrave)