meten

See also: Mete'n

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.tən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.ten]

Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of metre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

meten

1. (transitive) to measure
2. (reflexive) to measure up [with met ‘to’]

Inflection

Conjugation of meten (strong class 5)
infinitive	meten
past singular	mat
past participle	gemeten
infinitive	meten
gerund	meten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	meet	mat
2nd person sing. (jij)	meet	mat
2nd person sing. (u)	meet	mat
2nd person sing. (gij)	meet	mat
3rd person singular	meet	mat
plural	meten	maten
subjunctive sing.1	mete	mate
subjunctive plur.1	meten	maten
imperative sing.	meet
imperative plur.1	meet
participles	metend	gemeten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• meetlat
• meetsysteem
• meting
• afmeten
• bemeten
• opmeten

Related terms

• gemet
• maat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meet
• Negerhollands: meet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meten

1. plural of meet

Anagrams

• meent, neemt

Galician

Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.

Verb

mēten

1. to measure
2. to determine
3. to investigate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: meten
• Limburgish: maete

Further reading

• “meten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• meeten

Etymology 1

From Old English mētan (“to meet, encounter”).

Verb

mēten

1. to meet, come together

Descendants

• English: meet

Etymology 2

From Old English mētan, mǣtan (“to paint, design”), from Proto-West Germanic *maitijaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną.

Verb

mēten

1. to paint
2. to sculpt; design
3. to dream
   • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r:

     Sende me grace to slepe and mete / In my slepe some certeyn sweven / Wher thorgh that I may knowe even / Whethir my lorde be quyke or ded

     Send me grace to sleep and dream / Some trustworthy dream in my sleep / Through which I might know exactly / Whether my lord is alive or dead.

Etymology 3

From Old English metan.

Verb

meten

1. To measure, mete

Etymology 4

From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

meten

1. plural of mete (“food”)

Etymology 5

From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

meten

1. To feed
2. (reflexive) To pasture; eat

Old English

Verb

meten

1. past participle of metan

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meten (Cyrillic spelling метен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of mesti

Spanish

Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Anagrams

• menté, mente, temen, tenme

Swedish

Noun

meten

1. indefinite plural of mete