futtern

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vuotern, old variant of füttern, which see. Semantic split since the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfʊtərn/, [ˈfʊtɐn]
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Verb

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futtern (weak, third-person singular present futtert, past tense futterte, past participle gefuttert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal) to eat a lot; to guzzle
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of füttern (to feed)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • futtern” in Duden online
  • futtern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache