eten
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
eten ? (imperfect participle eteten, future participle etengo or etenen, short form eten, verbal noun etete)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
eten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch ēten, from Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.
Verb edit
eten
- (transitive, intransitive) to eat
Inflection edit
| Inflection of eten (strong class 5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | eten | |||
| past singular | at | |||
| past participle | gegeten | |||
| infinitive | eten | |||
| gerund | eten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | eet | at | ||
| 3rd person singular | eet | at | ||
| plural | eten | aten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ete | ate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | eten | aten | ||
| imperative sing. | eet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | eet | |||
| participles | etend | gegeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Gerund of the verb eten.
Noun edit
eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: ete
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
eten
Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ēten, from Old Saxon etan.
Cognate with Dutch eten, West Frisian ite, German essen, English eat, Danish æde, Swedish äta, Icelandic éta.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
eten (past singular eet, past participle eten, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to eat
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | eten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | eet | eet |
| 2nd person singular | itts(t), etts(t) | eets(t) |
| 3rd person singular | itt, ett | eet |
| plural | eet | eten |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | itt, eet | |
| plural | eet | |
| participle | present | past |
| eten | eten | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Derived terms edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.
Verb edit
ēten
- to eat
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “eten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “eten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
eten (third-person singular simple present eteth, present participle etynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative et, past participle eten)
- To eat, devour
- To consume or have a meal
- To swallow, ingest
- (figurative) To derive might from something
- To gnaw, scrape at
- To destroy, devastate (a person or of an object)
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | (to) eten, ete | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | ete | at, et | |
| 2nd-person singular | etest, est | ete, ate, at | |
| 3rd-person singular | eteth, et | at, et | |
| subjunctive singular | ete | ete1, ate1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | eten, ete | eten, ete, aten, ate | |
| imperative plural | eteth, ete | — | |
| participles | etynge, etende | eten, ete, yeten, yete | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to eter (“ether”) + -en
Noun edit
eten
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- eten in Svensk ordbok.