martern

See also: Martern

English

Noun

martern (plural marterns)

  1. Obsolete form of marten.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for martern in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


German

Etymology

From Middle High German martern, marteren, from Old High German martirōn, martarōn, martrōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaɐ̯tɐn], [ˈmaʁtɐn]

Verb

martern (third-person singular simple present martert, past tense marterte, past participle gemartert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to torture, to martyr

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