fëchte

See also: fechte

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną. Cognate with German fechten (“to fence; to fight; to beg”), Dutch vechten, English fight.

Verb

fëchte

  1. (Uri) to beg

References
  • “fëchte” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 16.
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