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

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Derived terms
  • Schächter
  • Schächtung

Further reading
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