waten
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German waten, from Old High German watan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. The form is East Central German with open-syllable lengthening before -t-; compare the variants above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaːtən/, [vaː.tn̩], [ʋ-], [-tən]
Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Homophone: warten (some speakers)
- Rhymes: -aːtn̩
Verb
waten (weak, third-person singular present watet, past tense watete, past participle gewatet, auxiliary sein)
- to wade
Conjugation
Conjugation of waten (weak, auxiliary sein)
| infinitive | waten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | watend | ||||
| past participle | gewatet | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich wate | wir waten | i | ich wate | wir waten |
| du watest | ihr watet | du watest | ihr watet | ||
| er watet | sie waten | er wate | sie waten | ||
| preterite | ich watete | wir wateten | ii | ich watete1 | wir wateten1 |
| du watetest | ihr watetet | du watetest1 | ihr watetet1 | ||
| er watete | sie wateten | er watete1 | sie wateten1 | ||
| imperative | wat (du) wate (du) |
watet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of waten (weak, auxiliary sein)