slechten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɛxtə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛxtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slechten, slichten, from Old Dutch slihten, from Proto-West Germanic *slihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *slihtijaną (“to even out”).

Verb

slechten

  1. (transitive) to smoothe, to even out
  2. (transitive) to remove, to make disappear
Conjugation
Conjugation of slechten (weak)
infinitive slechten
past singular slechtte
past participle geslecht
infinitive slechten
gerund slechten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular slecht slechtte
2nd person sing. (jij) slecht slechtte
2nd person sing. (u) slecht slechtte
2nd person sing. (gij) slecht slechtte
3rd person singular slecht slechtte
plural slechten slechtten
subjunctive sing.1 slechte slechtte
subjunctive plur.1 slechten slechtten
imperative sing. slecht
imperative plur.1 slecht
participles slechtend geslecht
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

slechten

  1. plural of slechte
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