Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoː.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: po‧ten
  • Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch pōten, from Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

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poten

  1. to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
  2. to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit
Conjugation
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Conjugation of poten (weak)
infinitive poten
past singular pootte
past participle gepoot
infinitive poten
gerund poten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular poot pootte
2nd person sing. (jij) poot pootte
2nd person sing. (u) poot pootte
2nd person sing. (gij) poot pootte
3rd person singular poot pootte
plural poten pootten
subjunctive sing.1 pote pootte
subjunctive plur.1 poten pootten
imperative sing. poot
imperative plur.1 poot
participles potend gepoot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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poten

  1. plural of poot

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

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pōten

  1. to plant, to put (into the ground, usually of plants)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: poten
  • Limburgish: paote

Further reading

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Spanish

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Verb

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poten

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