fechten
Meaning
- (class-3,intransitive,strong) to fence
- (class-3,intransitive,poetic,strong) to fight
- (class-3,intransitive,strong) to beg
Concepts
fence
fight
do battle
engage in combat
battle
combat
engage in contest
struggle against
wage war
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɛçtən/
Etymology
From Old High German fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-. Cognate to Low German fechten, Dutch vechten, English fight, Danish fægte, Norwegian Bokmål fekte, Norwegian Nynorsk fekta, fekte.
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