böten

See also: boten, boeten, and Boten

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

böten

1. first/third-person plural subjunctive II of bieten

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German böten, from Old Saxon bōtian, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, related to Dutch boeten, German büßen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbœɪ̯tⁿn̩]

Verb

böten (third-person singular simple present bött, past tense bött, past participle bött, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to pay for
2. (intransitive, religion) to repent, to do penance
3. (transitive) to heat
4. (transitive) to make a fire
5. (transitive, obsolete) to mend, repair
6. (transitive, obsolete) to touch up
7. (transitive, obsolete) to patch
8. (intransitive, obsolete) to heal, cure

Conjugation

Conjugation of böten (weak verb, irregular)

infinitive	böten
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	bööt	bött
2nd person singular	böts(t)	bötts(t)
3rd person singular	böt(t)	bött
plural	böött, bööten	bötten
imperative	present	—
singular	bööt(e)
plural	böött
participle	present	past
	böten	(e)bött, gebött
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.