Danish edit

Noun edit

spotten

  1. definite singular of spot

Verb edit

spotten

  1. gerund of spotte
    • 2013, Jakob Böhme, Vejen til Kristus, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 42:
      Lad mig leve med og i dig; og omvend dog mine forfølgere, som nu med deres spotten – uden at vide det - ofrer min tomhed og medfødte synder for din vrede.
      Let me live with and in you; and convert my pursuers, who now, with their mocking - unknowingly - sacrifice my emptiness and inborn sins for your anger.
    • 2014, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Nattens hus #4: Utæmmet, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:
      Jeg stødte igen frem med hænderne og fandt en grum tilfredsstillelse i at høre deres spotten blive til skrig af panik, inden de helt døde hen.
      Once more, I thrusted forwards with my hands, and found grim satisfaction in hearing their mocking become panicked screams, before dying out entirely.

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔtə(n)/
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch spotten, from Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot +‎ -en.

Verb edit

spotten

  1. (intransitive) to mock, deride
Inflection edit
Inflection of spotten (weak)
infinitive spotten
past singular spotte
past participle gespot
infinitive spotten
gerund spotten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spot spotte
2nd person sing. (jij) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (u) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (gij) spot spotte
3rd person singular spot spotte
plural spotten spotten
subjunctive sing.1 spotte spotte
subjunctive plur.1 spotten spotten
imperative sing. spot
imperative plur.1 spot
participles spottend gespot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: spot

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English spot.

Verb edit

spotten

  1. (transitive) to spot (vehicles, such as trains or airplanes)
Inflection edit
Inflection of spotten (weak)
infinitive spotten
past singular spotte
past participle gespot
infinitive spotten
gerund spotten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spot spotte
2nd person sing. (jij) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (u) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (gij) spot spotte
3rd person singular spot spotte
plural spotten spotten
subjunctive sing.1 spotte spotte
subjunctive plur.1 spotten spotten
imperative sing. spot
imperative plur.1 spot
participles spottend gespot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

spotten (weak, third-person singular present spottet, past tense spottete, past participle gespottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, with über + accusative; higher register with genitive) to scoff, to jeer, to mock

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • spotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spotten” in Duden online
  • spotten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot +‎ -en.

Verb edit

spotten

  1. to mock, to deride

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit