ætse

== Danish == === Etymology === From German ätzen, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną (“to make eat”), cognate with Old Norse etja (“to feed”). English etch and Dutch etsen are also borrowed from German. The Germanic verb is a causative of *etaną (“to eat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛˀd̥sə] === Noun === ætse (imperative æts, infinitive at ætse, present tense ætser, past tense ætsede, perfect tense har ætset) corrode (of an acid) (reflexive, figuratively) to influence painfully to etch (to engrave)