Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to etch
Participle: etched
Gerund: etching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | etch |
| you | etch |
| he;she;it | etches |
| we | etch |
| you | etch |
| they | etch |
Perfect
| I | have etched |
| you | have etched |
| he;she;it | has etched |
| we | have etched |
| you | have etched |
| they | have etched |
Past
| I | etched |
| you | etched |
| he;she;it | etched |
| we | etched |
| you | etched |
| they | etched |
Pluperfect
| I | had etched |
| you | had etched |
| he;she;it | had etched |
| we | had etched |
| you | had etched |
| they | had etched |
Future
| I | will etch |
| you | will etch |
| he;she;it | will etch |
| we | will etch |
| you | will etch |
| they | will etch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have etched |
| you | will have etched |
| he;she;it | will have etched |
| we | will have etched |
| you | will have etched |
| they | will have etched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | etch |
| you | etch |
| he;she;it | etch |
| we | etch |
| you | etch |
| they | etch |
Perfect
| I | have etched |
| you | have etched |
| he;she;it | have etched |
| we | have etched |
| you | have etched |
| they | have etched |
Imperfect
| I | etched |
| you | etched |
| he;she;it | etched |
| we | etched |
| you | etched |
| they | etched |
Pluperfect
| I | had etched |
| you | had etched |
| he;she;it | had etched |
| we | had etched |
| you | had etched |
| they | had etched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would etch |
| you | would etch |
| he;she;it | would etch |
| we | would etch |
| you | would etch |
| they | would etch |
Perfect
| I | would have etched |
| you | would have etched |
| he;she;it | would have etched |
| we | would have etched |
| you | would have etched |
| they | would have etched |
Imperative
| you | etch |
| we | Let's etch |
| you | etch |
Verbs conjugated like 'etch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'etch'
fetch,
itch,
ketch,
letch,
retch,
tetch,
arch,
bach,
batch,
beach,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1634, "to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids," from Du.
etsen, from Ger.
ätzen "to etch," from O.H.G.
azzon "cause to bite, feed," from P.Gmc.
*atjanan, caus. of
*etanan "eat."
2. From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”) (whence also English eat). See: Dutch '
etsen', German, old spelling '
ätzen', Proto-Germanic '
*atjaną'.
Verbs referencing "etch"
German, Pennsylvania
verraetze.
Sample Sentences
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The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
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There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. [a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:]