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slachten

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch slachten, from Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (to hit, strike). Cognate with German schlachten.

"Het geslachte varken",
Hendrick ten Oever, c. 1670.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈslɑxtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑxtən

Verb

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slachten

  1. (transitive) to slaughter

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: slag
  • Negerhollands: slacht, slaa, slagt

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (to hit, strike). Cognate with German schlachten.

Verb

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slachten

  1. to slaughter, to kill
    Synonym: slâen
Inflection
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Weak
Infinitive slachten
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive slachten
In genitive slachtens
In dative slachtene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular slachte
2nd singular slachts, slachtes
3rd singular slacht, slachtet
1st plural slachten
2nd plural slacht, slachtet
3rd plural slachten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular slachte
2nd singular slachts, slachtes
3rd singular slachte
1st plural slachten
2nd plural slacht, slachtet
3rd plural slachten
Imperative Present
Singular slacht, slachte
Plural slacht, slachtet
Present Past
Participle slachtende
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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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

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slachten

  1. to resemble, to look like (with dative or na)
Inflection
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Weak
Infinitive slachten
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive slachten
In genitive slachtens
In dative slachtene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular slachte
2nd singular slachts, slachtes
3rd singular slacht, slachtet
1st plural slachten
2nd plural slacht, slachtet
3rd plural slachten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular slachte
2nd singular slachts, slachtes
3rd singular slachte
1st plural slachten
2nd plural slacht, slachtet
3rd plural slachten
Imperative Present
Singular slacht, slachte
Plural slacht, slachtet
Present Past
Participle slachtende

References

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  • J. Vercoullie (1925), Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, Den Haag / Gent

Further reading

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