hüten

See also: Hüten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hüeten, Old High German huoten (to watch, take care). Cognate with Old Saxon hōdian, Old English hēdan, Dutch hoeden, English heed.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhyːtn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hü‧ten

Verb

hüten (third-person singular simple present hütet, past tense hütete, past participle gehütet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to watch
  2. (of animals, transitive) to herd, to tend
  3. (reflexive) to be wary, to watch out

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. hüten in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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