vergattern.
to officially commit a soldier to sentry duty and to the respective regulations
Meaning & usage
to officially commit a soldier to sentry duty and to the respective regulations
Nachdem der Soldat vergattert worden ist, muss er sich unter allen Umständen an die Wachbefehle halten.
to impose a duty or punishment on someone
Meine Mutter vergattert mich immer zum Rasenmähen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vergatern (“to assemble”), a chiefly Central German word alongside Middle Low German gāderen. Cognate to Dutch vergaderen, English forgather. In a military context the word originally meant “to line up troops and issue the orders”. It may later have been associated with Gatter (“grating, fence”), thus “to give someone a boundary that must not be transgressed”. Compare etymology 2 below.
to barricade; to separate with a grating or fence
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vergetern, derived from gater (“grating, fence”), whence modern Gatter (“idem”). The modern verb form without umlaut was derived through adaptation to the noun.
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