waten

Meaning

to wade

Frequency

47k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

watte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaːtən/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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