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Sep 13, 2023 · machen, verb, ‘to make, produce, cause, perform,’ from the equivalent Middle High German machen, Old High German mahhôn; corresponding to the equivalent Old Saxon makôn, Dutch maken, Anglo-Saxon macian, English to make; a common Teutonic verb for ‘to make,’ but existing also as a borrowed term in the Northern dialects.
Aug 24, 2018 · Schade, in his Old German Dictionary, has with untiring industry collected materials from the copious literature for the older period, and has received the thanks of specialists. I could not expect that those who may use my book would wade through the numerous errors and occasional imperfections of scientific investigation in order to form ...
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- Friedrich Kluge
Sep 13, 2023 · kichern, verb, ‘to titter,’ Modern High German only; allied to Old High German chihhazzen, ‘to laugh,’ a variant of Old High German chahhazzen (Middle High German kachzen); compare also Middle High German kah, masculine, ‘loud laughter,’ and Middle High German kachen, ‘to laugh loudly’; the ch is not based, as in other instances ...
Sep 13, 2023 · The Germans connect this word instinctively with schweigen; it forced its way, however, in the last half of the preceding century from Low German into the written language, and its cht is the earlier High German ft; it corresponds to Middle High German swiften, ‘to pacify,’ Old High German swiftôn, ‘to be quiet.’
Nov 8, 2018 · Etymological Dictionary of the German Language. Hardcover – November 8, 2018. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
- Friedrich Kluge
Translated from the fourth german edition by John Francis Davis.
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