waten

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German waten, from Old High German watan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. The form is East Central German with open-syllable lengthening before -t-; compare the variants above.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːtən/, [vaː.tn̩], [ʋ-], [-tən]
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  • Homophone: warten (some speakers)

Verb[edit]

waten (weak, third-person singular present watet, past tense watete, past participle gewatet, auxiliary sein)

  1. to wade

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Further reading[edit]

  • waten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • waten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • waten” in Duden online
  • waten” in OpenThesaurus.de