spalten

See also: Spalten

Danish

Noun

spalten c

  1. definite singular of spalte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German spalten (strong verb), from Old High German spaltan, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan (to destroy, spoil, ruin).[1] Cognate with English spald (to split), Danish spalte (to split), Norwegian Bokmål spalte (to split), Swedish spalta (to split).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaltn̩/, /ˈʃpaltən/
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  • Hyphenation: spal‧ten

Verb

spalten (mixed, third-person singular present spaltet, past tense spaltete, past participle gespalten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to split (something); to cleave; to chop
  2. (reflexive) to split up; to become divided

Conjugation

Other forms are weak past participle gespaltet and older strong forms spält, spielt.

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spill”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • spalten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spalten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spalten” in Duden online
  • spalten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

spalten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of spalte

Swedish

Noun

spalten

  1. definite singular of spalt

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