walten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German walten, from Old High German waltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waldan (to reign), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-. The Middle High German verb was conjugated as both a strong and a weak verb, suggesting a possible merger with unrecorded Old High German *waltōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waldōn, ultimately from the same source.

Compare English wield, Icelandic valda, Polish władać, Serbo-Croatian vládati, Russian владе́ть (vladétʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaltən/, [ˈval.tn̩], [ˈʋal-], [-tən]
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  • Hyphenation: wal‧ten

Verb

walten (weak, third-person singular present waltet, past tense waltete, past participle gewaltet, auxiliary haben) (dated, solemn, except in expressions)

  1. (intransitive, with genitive or über) to rule over, to exercise
  2. (intransitive) to prevail
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Eins aber bereitete ihm Genugtuung, wenn er lag und auf sein Herz, sein körperliches Herz achtete, das rasch und vernehmlich in der Stille pochte, – der vorschriftsmäßigen Hausordnungsstille, die während der Haupt- und Schlafliegekur über dem ganzen „Berghof“ waltete.
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Usage notes

  • The simplex is now chiefly restricted to walten lassen, schalten und walten, seines Amtes walten.

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Further reading

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