etsen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”).
Verb edit
etsen
- (transitive) to etch
- (transitive) to corrode with chemicals
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of etsen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | etsen | |||
| past singular | etste | |||
| past participle | geëtst | |||
| infinitive | etsen | |||
| gerund | etsen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ets | etste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | etst | etste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | etst | etste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | etst | etste | ||
| 3rd person singular | etst | etste | ||
| plural | etsen | etsten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | etse | etste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | etsen | etsten | ||
| imperative sing. | ets | |||
| imperative plur.1 | etst | |||
| participles | etsend | geëtst | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
etsen