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schutten

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to stop, to hold back
  2. (transitive) to protect, to cover
  3. (transitive) to let pass through a sluice/lock

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsxʏtə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch schutten, from Old Dutch *scutten, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). Cognate with English shut.

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