ächten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German æhten, āhten, from Old High German āhten, from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htijan. By surface analysis, Acht +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛçtən/, [ˈʔɛç.tn̩], [-tən] Homophone: echten === Verb === ächten (weak, third-person singular present ächtet, past tense ächtete, past participle geächtet, auxiliary haben) (transitive, historical) to banish, ostracize, outlaw (expel someone from society and declare them unprotected by law) Synonyms: mit der Acht belegen, in Acht und Bann tun/schlagen, bannen, verbannen, für vogelfrei erklären (figurative) to ostracize, shun (look down upon someone and refuse to associate with them) Synonyms: ausstoßen, ausgrenzen, meiden (figurative) to proscribe, outlaw, ban (declare something unacceptable) Dumdum-Geschosse sind international geächtet. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ächten, Ächtung Ächter ==== Related terms ==== Acht (“banishment”) === Further reading === “ächten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ächten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ächten” in Duden online “ächten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Low German == === Etymology === From Old Saxon aftan. === Adverb === ächten (German Low German) behind there dà ächten ― over there === References === Woeste, Fr. (1882), Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung; I) (in German), Norden; Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag, →ISBN