Pacht

See also: pacht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pfaht, from Latin pactum (“pact”). The unshifted onset p-, the feminine gender, and the contemporary plural form in -en are northern influences from German Low German [Term?] and/or West Central German. In Grimm's German dictionary, the word is still treated as a masculine noun with plural Pächte; this is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paxt/, [paχt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Pacht f (genitive Pacht, plural Pachten)

1. lease

Declension

Declension of Pacht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pacht	die	Pachten
genitive	einer	der	Pacht	der	Pachten
dative	einer	der	Pacht	den	Pachten
accusative	eine	die	Pacht	die	Pachten

Obsolete masculine declension

Declension of Pacht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pacht	die	Pächte
genitive	eines	des	Pachtes, Pachts	der	Pächte
dative	einem	dem	Pacht, Pachte1	den	Pächten
accusative	einen	den	Pacht	die	Pächte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• pachten
• Pächter

Related terms

• Erbpacht, Halbpacht, Jahrespacht, Naturalpacht, Teilpacht
• Pachtgeld, Pachtland, Pachtsumme, Pachtvertrag, Pachtzins

Further reading

• “Pacht” in Duden online
• “Pacht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Puecht, Piecht (archaic)

Etymology

Formally from German Pacht, which displaced the inherited forms above (compare phonetically Muecht, Nuecht etc.). The native vocalism survives in Piechter (“leaseholder”). The gender variation was also maintained from earlier local usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑχt]

Noun

Pacht m or f (plural Pachten)

1. lease (of land, especially for agricultural use)

Derived terms

• pachten
• Piechter
• verpachten

Plautdietsch

Noun

Pacht f

1. rent, lease