"fechten" meaning in Low German

See fechten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛxtn̩/
Etymology: From Middle Low German vechten, from Old Saxon fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-. Cognate with English fight, German fechten, Dutch vechten, West Frisian fjuchte, Danish fegte. Etymology templates: {{inh|nds|gml|vechten}} Middle Low German vechten, {{inh|nds|osx|fehtan}} Old Saxon fehtan, {{inh|nds|gmw-pro|*fehtan}} Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, {{inh|nds|gem-pro|*fehtaną}} Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, {{der|nds|ine-pro|*peḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-, {{cog|en|fight}} English fight, {{cog|de|fechten}} German fechten, {{cog|nl|vechten}} Dutch vechten, {{cog|fy|fjuchte}} West Frisian fjuchte, {{cog|da|fegte}} Danish fegte Head templates: {{head|nds|verb|past singular|fecht|or|focht|past participle|fecht|or|fochten|auxiliary verb|hebben}} fechten (past singular fecht or focht, past participle fecht or fochten, auxiliary verb hebben) Forms: fecht [past, singular], focht [past, singular], fecht [participle, past], fochten [participle, past], hebben [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], fechten [infinitive], fecht [first-person, present, singular], fecht [first-person, preterite, singular], fechtst [present, second-person, singular], fechtst [preterite, second-person, singular], fecht [present, singular, third-person], fecht [preterite, singular, third-person], fecht [plural, present], fechten [plural, preterite], fecht [imperative, singular], fecht [imperative, plural], fechten [participle, present], fecht [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], fechten [infinitive], fecht [first-person, present, singular], focht [first-person, preterite, singular], fechts [present, second-person, singular], fechtst [present, second-person, singular], fochts [preterite, second-person, singular], fochtst [preterite, second-person, singular], fecht [present, singular, third-person], fechtt [present, singular, third-person], focht [preterite, singular, third-person], fechtt [plural, present], fechten [plural, present], fochten [plural, preterite], fecht [imperative, singular], fechtt [imperative, plural], fechten [participle, present], fochten [participle, past], efochten [participle, past], gefochten [participle, past]
  1. to fight, to combat, to wage battle
    Sense id: en-fechten-nds-verb-VQOs6JoL
  2. to fence
    Sense id: en-fechten-nds-verb-UkdEGXuI
  3. to struggle
    Sense id: en-fechten-nds-verb-1uDBy5BE
  4. to brawl
    Sense id: en-fechten-nds-verb-tSNn3pHG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: striden

Alternative forms

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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to struggle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to brawl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brawl",
          "brawl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛxtn̩/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "striden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fechten"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fechten meaning in Low German (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "fechten"
  ],
  "section": "Low German",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "fechten",
  "trace": "started on line 147, detected on line 147"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "fechten"
  ],
  "section": "Low German",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "fechten",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Low German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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