schlachten
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃlaxtən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to slaughter kill livestock, kill people brutally
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German slahten inherited from Old High German slahtōn (slaughter, sacrifice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slahtōną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antislaughter English
- catslaughter English
- deerslaughter English
- godslaughter English
- manslaughter English
- preslaughter English
- self-slaughter English
- selfslaughter English
- slaughter English
- slaughterable English
- slaughterbot English
- slaughterdom English
- slaughterer English
- slaughteress English
- slaughterhall English
- slaughterhouse English
- slaughterless English
- slaughterman English
- slaughterous English
- slaughterperson English
- slaughterwoman English
- slay English
- Haus German
- Hof German
- Schlachter German
- Schlachthaus German
- Schlachthof German
- Schlachtung German
- Slacht German
- abschlachten German
- slagen German
- afslachten Dutch, Flemish
- slachten Dutch, Flemish
- slachter Dutch, Flemish
- slachterij Dutch, Flemish
- slachthuis Dutch, Flemish
- slachtoffer Dutch, Flemish
- *slahtōną Proto-Germanic
- slaughter Middle English
- slagte Danish
- slagter Danish
- slachten Middle Dutch
- slahtōn Old High German
- slahten Middle High German
- schluechten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *slahton Old Dutch
- slachten Middle Low German
- slachter Middle Low German
- srakti Sranan Tongo