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muten

English

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Etymology 1

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From mute +‎ -en.

Verb

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muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become mute or muted.
    • 1988, Annales Zoologici Fennici, volume 25, page 258:
      The passage of auditory cues was also prevented by cutting off the wings of the males, ie. by "mutening” the males.
    • 2009, W. B. Baker, The Lion and the Falcon, page 137:
      The silent, twin-fanged fury of its king
      On mutened men, who have no voice to sing.

Etymology 2

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From Middle French mutiner.

Verb

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muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To mutiny.

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Catalan

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muten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mutar

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German mieten.

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muten

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to rent

Further reading

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  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 111

Galician

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muten

  1. inflection of mutar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German muoten, from Old High German muoten, muotôn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muːtən/, [muːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ten

Verb

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muten (weak, third-person singular present mutet, past tense mutete, past participle gemutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to demand, to set one's mind on something
  2. (transitive, jargon) to dowse (with a divining rod)
  3. (transitive, mining) to apply for a mining concession
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Etymology 2

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From English mute +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mjuːtən/, [mjuːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ten

Verb

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muten (weak, third-person singular present mutet, past tense mutete, past participle gemutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (computing) to mute
    Ich hab ihn gemutet, aber der Rotz kommt durch. ― I muted him, but the crap gets through.
    Klicken Sie auf die Section, die Sie muten möchten. ― Click on the section that you would like to mute.

Further reading

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  • “muten” in Duden online
  • “muten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Spanish

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Verb

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muten

  1. inflection of mutar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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