baten

See also: Baten, bäten, and båten

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baten/ [ba.t̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -aten
• Hyphenation: ba‧ten

Etymology 1

Determiner

baten

1. genitive indefinite of bat

Numeral

baten

1. genitive indefinite of bat
2. genitive plural of bat

Pronoun

baten

1. genitive of bat

Etymology 2

Determiner

baten

1. inessive indefinite inanimate of bat

   Synonym: batean

Pronoun

baten

1. inessive inanimate of bat

   Synonym: batean

Catalan

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of batre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ten
• Rhymes: -aːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter.

Verb

baten

1. (transitive and intransitive) to avail

   Het mocht niet baten.

   It was to no avail.

Inflection

Conjugation of baten (weak)
infinitive	baten
past singular	baatte
past participle	gebaat
infinitive	baten
gerund	baten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	baat	baatte
2nd person sing. (jij)	baat	baatte
2nd person sing. (u)	baat	baatte
2nd person sing. (gij)	baat	baatte
3rd person singular	baat	baatte
plural	baten	baatten
subjunctive sing.1	bate	baatte
subjunctive plur.1	baten	baatten
imperative sing.	baat
imperative plur.1	baat
participles	batend	gebaat
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• uitbaten
• baat het niet, dan schaadt het niet

Descendants

• Negerhollands: baet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baten

1. plural of baat

Galician

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of bater

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːtən/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Barten (some speakers)
• Rhymes: -aːtn̩

Verb

baten

1. first/third-person plural preterite of bitten

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren.

Alternative forms

• bate, battyn, batyn

Verb

baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

1. To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack.
2. To fight or strive; to be in conflict with.
3. To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle.
4. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch.
5. (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of baten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) baten
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bate	bated
2nd-person singular	batest	batedest
3rd-person singular	bateth	bated
subjunctive singular	bate
imperative singular		—
plural1	baten, bate	bateden, batede
imperative plural	bateth, bate	—
participles	batynge, batende	bated, ybated

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• abaten
• bateren
• bature
• debaten
• rebaten

 

Descendants

• English: bat; bate
• Scots: bat, batt

References

• “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

An aphetic form of abaten.

Alternative forms

• batyn

Verb

baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

1. To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much)
2. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
   1. To reassure or hearten; to free of worry.
   2. (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion.
   3. (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude.
3. To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of baten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) baten
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bate	bated
2nd-person singular	batest	batedest
3rd-person singular	bateth	bated
subjunctive singular	bate
imperative singular		—
plural1	baten, bate	bateden, batede
imperative plural	bateth, bate	—
participles	batynge, batende	bated, ybated

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: bate; bat

References

• “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of batir

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English button.

Noun

baten

1. button