English edit

Verb edit

splitten

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of split
    The heavy bill had splitten his harnpan in twain.
    • 1968, M. Sardjan, A small spark has splitten [sic] an old weathered rock [1]:
      A small spark has splitten an old weathered rock.

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch splitten. Is related to Dutch splijten (to cleave) and splitsen (to divide). English split is derived from Dutch.

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  • Rhymes: -ɪtən

Verb edit

splitten

  1. to divide, to break up

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: split

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English split, itself from Middle Dutch and/or Middle Low German splitten, an intensive form related to German spleißen. The borrowed word may have been reinforced or merged with modern Low German splitten, from the same source. Compare German Splitt (grit, stone chips) and Splitter (splinter), which are both directly from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃplɪtən/, /ˈsplɪtən/

Verb edit

splitten (weak, third-person singular present splittet, past tense splittete, past participle gesplittet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to split; to divide into several; particularly of sums of money, companies, functions, tasks
    Synonyms: spalten, aufspalten, teilen, aufteilen

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Further reading edit

  • splitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • splitten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • splitten” in Duden online

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German splitten, intensive form of splīten, whence modern Low German splieten.

Verb edit

splitten (past splitt, past participle splitt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to split

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

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splitten m

  1. definite singular of splitt

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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splitten m

  1. definite singular of splitt

Swedish edit

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splitten

  1. definite singular of split