fëchte

See also: fechte

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German vëhten (“to fight”), from Old High German fëhtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną. Cognate with German fechten (“to fence; to fight; to beg”), Dutch vechten, English fight.

Verb

fëchte

1. (Uri) to beg

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 16.