slachten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch slachten, from Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with German schlachten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslɑxtə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑxtən
Verb
slachten
- (transitive) to slaughter
Conjugation
| Conjugation of slachten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | slachten | |||
| past singular | slachtte | |||
| past participle | geslacht | |||
| infinitive | slachten | |||
| gerund | slachten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | slacht | slachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | slacht | slachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | slacht | slachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | slacht | slachtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | slacht | slachtte | ||
| plural | slachten | slachtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | slachte | slachtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | slachten | slachtten | ||
| imperative sing. | slacht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | slacht | |||
| participles | slachtend | geslacht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with German schlachten.
Verb
slachten
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | slachten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | slachtens | ||||||
| dative | slachtene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | slachte | — | slachte | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | slachts, slachtes | — | slachts, slachtes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | slacht, slachtet | — | slachte | — | |||
| 1st person plural | slachten | — | slachten | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | slacht, slachtet | — | slacht, slachtet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | slachten | — | slachten | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | slacht, slachte | ||||||
| plural | slacht, slachtet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | slachtende | — | |||||
Descendants
Etymology 2
Related with gheslachte (“family, generation”). Ultimately from the same source as Etymology 1 above ("to hit, beat, kill"), but the sense development is unclear. In Old High German there was the phrase nah den fordoron slahan (literally “to hit the forefathers”).
Verb
slachten
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | slachten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | slachtens | ||||||
| dative | slachtene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | slachte | — | slachte | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | slachts, slachtes | — | slachts, slachtes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | slacht, slachtet | — | slachte | — | |||
| 1st person plural | slachten | — | slachten | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | slacht, slachtet | — | slacht, slachtet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | slachten | — | slachten | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | slacht, slachte | ||||||
| plural | slacht, slachtet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | slachtende | — | |||||
References
- J. Vercoullie (1925), Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, Den Haag / Gent
Further reading
- “slachten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slachten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN