zacken
See also: Zacken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German zacke, from Old High German *zacho, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, prickle”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzacken (weak, third-person singular present zackt, past tense zackte, past participle gezackt, auxiliary haben)
- to provide with a jagged edge (e.g. by shaping or trimming)
- 1982, Gudrun Embacher, Der Narr Wohlgemuth, Berg / Starnberger See: Hohenstaufen Verlag, →ISBN, page 186:
- Der Arno glänzte schaumig wie Opal, bald zerschmolz er zu milchigem Dunst, bald wieder gerann er zu dichtestem Flamingorot, Schichten von Halbedelstein waren übereinandergelegt, und ferne zackten Schneegipfel den Himmel; oh, ein Himmel ohne Drohung, ohne die ungeheure Wolkenwucht des Nordens, mild wie auf den Madonnenbildern eines Fra Angelico.
- The Arno shimmered foamy like opal, sometimes it melted into a milky haze, sometimes it coagulated again into the thickest flamingo red, layers of semiprecious stone were superimposed, and distant snow peaks jagged the sky; oh, a sky without threat, without the enormous cloud force of the north, mild as in the Madonna pictures by Fra Angelico.
Usage notes
editOften as its past participle, gezackt (“jagged”).
Conjugation
editinfinitive | zacken | ||||
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present participle | zackend | ||||
past participle | gezackt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zacke | wir zacken | i | ich zacke | wir zacken |
du zackst | ihr zackt | du zackest | ihr zacket | ||
er zackt | sie zacken | er zacke | sie zacken | ||
preterite | ich zackte | wir zackten | ii | ich zackte1 | wir zackten1 |
du zacktest | ihr zacktet | du zacktest1 | ihr zacktet1 | ||
er zackte | sie zackten | er zackte1 | sie zackten1 | ||
imperative | zack (du) zacke (du) |
zackt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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