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to ritually slaughter
To slaughter an animal according to the religious rules of Judaism or Islam. In this process, the animal's throat is cut with a sharp incision so that it bleeds out completely.
Für die Herstellung von koscherem Fleisch müssen die Tiere geschächtet werden.
For the production of kosher meat, the animals must be ritually slaughtered.
This verb is used exclusively for ritual slaughter in Judaism and Islam. It is not a general word for killing animals for meat production.
Der Metzger erklärte, wie man ein Tier korrekt schächtet.
The butcher explained how to ritually slaughter an animal correctly.
'Schächten' (to ritually slaughter) is a technical term from the fields of religion and food production. In everyday conversations about meat, it is rarely used unless the topic is explicitly kosher or halal meat.
In Deutschland ist das Schächten nur unter bestimmten Auflagen erlaubt.
In Germany, ritual slaughter is permitted only under certain conditions.
The past participle 'geschächtet' (ritually slaughtered) is often used as an adjective to describe meat produced according to these religious rules.
An der Theke gibt es auch geschächtetes Lammfleisch.
At the counter, they also have ritually slaughtered lamb.
to slaughter
Both schlachten and schächten refer to killing an animal for its meat. Schlachten is the general term. Schächten is appropriate when the animal is slaughtered according to Jewish or Islamic religious rules.
Der Metzger schächtet das Tier nach den vorgeschriebenen religiösen Regeln.
The butcher is ritually slaughtering the animal according to the prescribed religious rules.
Der Landwirt lässt das Tier für die Fleischgewinnung schlachten.
The farmer is having the animal slaughtered for meat.
