slachten

From Middle Dutch slachten, from Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with German schlachten.

"Het geslachte varken",
Hendrick ten Oever, c. 1670.

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑxtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑxtən

slachten

1. (transitive) to slaughter

• afslachten

• slacht

• Afrikaans: slag
• Negerhollands: slacht, slaa, slagt

From Old Dutch *slahton, from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with German schlachten.

slachten

1. to slaughter, to kill

   Synonym: slâen

• Dutch: slachten
• Limburgish: slechte

Related with gheslachte (“family, generation”). Ultimately from the same source as Etymology 1 above ("to hit, beat, kill"), but the sense development is unclear. In Old High German there was the phrase nah den fordoron slahan (literally “to hit the forefathers”).

slachten

1. to resemble, to look like (with dative or na)

• J. Vercoullie (1925), Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, Den Haag / Gent

• “slachten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slachten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN