splitten

English

Verb

splitten

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of split
    The heavy bill had splitten his harnpan in twain.
    • 1968, M. Sardjan, A small spark has splitten [sic] an old weathered rock :
      A small spark has splitten an old weathered rock.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch splitten. Is related to Dutch splijten (to cleave) and splitsen (to divide). English split is derived from Dutch.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪtən

Verb

splitten

  1. to divide, to break up

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: split

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English split, itself from Middle Dutch and/or Middle Low German splitten, an intensive form related to German spleißen. The borrowed word may have been reinforced or merged with modern Low German splitten, from the same source. Compare German Splitt (grit, stone chips) and Splitter (splinter), which are both directly from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃplɪtən/, /ˈsplɪtən/

Verb

splitten (weak, third-person singular present splittet, past tense splittete, past participle gesplittet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to split; to divide into several; particularly of sums of money, companies, functions, tasks
    Synonyms: spalten, aufspalten, teilen, aufteilen

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aufsplitten

Further reading

  • splitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • splitten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • splitten” in Duden online

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German splitten, intensive form of splīten, whence modern Low German splieten.

Verb

splitten (past splitt, past participle splitt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to split

Conjugation

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

splitten m

  1. definite singular of splitt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

splitten m

  1. definite singular of splitt

Swedish

Noun

splitten

  1. definite singular of split
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