German

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Etymology

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From late Middle High German metzelen, from Medieval Latin macellare (slaughter), from Latin macellum (meat, meat market).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛt͡sl̩n/
  • Hyphenation: met‧zeln
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Verb

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metzeln (weak, third-person singular present metzelt, past tense metzelte, past participle gemetzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to slaughter

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • metzeln” in Duden online
  • metzeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache