roosten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rôosten, from Old Dutch *rōsten, from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːstə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: roos‧ten
• Rhymes: -oːstən

Verb

roosten

1. (transitive, uncommon) to roast (sulfidic ores)

Inflection

Conjugation of roosten (weak)
infinitive	roosten
past singular	roostte
past participle	geroost
infinitive	roosten
gerund	roosten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	roost	roostte
2nd person sing. (jij)	roost	roostte
2nd person sing. (u)	roost	roostte
2nd person sing. (gij)	roost	roostte
3rd person singular	roost	roostte
plural	roosten	roostten
subjunctive sing.1	rooste	roostte
subjunctive plur.1	roosten	roostten
imperative sing.	roost
imperative plur.1	roost
participles	roostend	geroost
1) Archaic.

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: rooste (dated)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rōsten, from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rews- (“to crackle; roast”).

Verb

rôosten

1. to roast

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: roosten

Further reading

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