zacken
Appearance
See also: Zacken
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zacke, from Old High German *zacho, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, prickle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zacken (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
[edit]Often as its past participle, gezackt (“jagged”).
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | 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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