jäten

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German jeten, from Old High German jetan, from Proto-Germanic *jedaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛːtən/, [ˈjɛːtn̩] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈjeːtən/, [ˈjeːtn̩] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: jä‧ten

Verb

jäten (weak, third-person singular present jätet, past tense jätete, past participle gejätet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to pull out (weeds)
  2. (transitive) to weed (a garden, etc.)

Conjugation

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  • Older strong past participle: gejäten

Derived terms
  • ausjäten

Further reading
  • “jäten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “jäten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “jäten” in Duden online
  • Anleitung zur deutschen Sprachkunst, zum Gebrauche der Schulen, in den Churlanden zu Baiern. Mit Genehmhaltung der Churbaierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München, 1765, page 148: "Jäten das Unkraut ausrotten; nicht jeten oder geten."
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