schächten

German

Alternative forms

  • schechten (obsolete)

Etymology

17th century, from Hebrew שָׁחַט (šāḥaṭ). The umlaut possibly spread from the derivative Schächter (Jewish butcher), where it may have sprung from analogy with unrelated Schlächter (butcher), but a verb form with -a- seems unattested.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛçtən/
  • Hyphenation: schäch‧ten
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Verb

schächten (weak, third-person singular present schächtet, past tense schächtete, past participle geschächtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly Judaism, Islam) to slaughter by bleeding out

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Schächter
  • Schächtung

Further reading

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