Dutch

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Etymology

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From otter +‎ -en, compare zweten als een otter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.tə.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ot‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɔtərən

Verb

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otteren

  1. (intransitive, Holland, dialectal) to work hard, to be busy

Inflection

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Conjugation of otteren (weak)
infinitive otteren
past singular otterde
past participle geotterd
infinitive otteren
gerund otteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular otter otterde
2nd person sing. (jij) ottert, otter2 otterde
2nd person sing. (u) ottert otterde
2nd person sing. (gij) ottert otterde
3rd person singular ottert otterde
plural otteren otterden
subjunctive sing.1 ottere otterde
subjunctive plur.1 otteren otterden
imperative sing. otter
imperative plur.1 ottert
participles otterend geotterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.