waten

== German == === Alternative forms === waden (obsolete, north-western) watten (obsolete, southern) === Etymology === From Middle High German waten, from Old High German watan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. The form is East Central German with open-syllable lengthening before -t-; compare the variants above. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːtən/, [vaː.tn̩], [ʋ-], [-tən] Homophone: warten (some speakers) Rhymes: -aːtn̩ === Verb === waten (weak, third-person singular present watet, past tense watete, past participle gewatet, auxiliary sein) to wade ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Waten ==== Related terms ==== Watt === Further reading === “waten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “waten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “waten” in Duden online “waten” in OpenThesaurus.de