loten

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See also: Loten, löten, and Löten

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈloː.tə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ten
  • Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch loten. Equivalent to lot +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

loten

  1. (intransitive) to draw lots, to hold a lottery
    De organisatie zal binnenkort loten om de winnaars van de prijzen te bepalen.
    The organization will soon draw lots to determine the winners of the prizes.
    Ze besloten om een ​​loterij te loten om geld in te zamelen voor het goede doel.
    They decided to hold a lottery to raise money for charity.
    De school zal een loting loten om te beslissen welke studenten kunnen deelnemen aan het evenement.
    The school will draw lots to decide which students can participate in the event.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of loten (weak)
infinitive loten
past singular lootte
past participle geloot
infinitive loten
gerund loten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular loot lootte
2nd person sing. (jij) loot lootte
2nd person sing. (u) loot lootte
2nd person sing. (gij) loot lootte
3rd person singular loot lootte
plural loten lootten
subjunctive sing.1 lote lootte
subjunctive plur.1 loten lootten
imperative sing. loot
imperative plur.1 loot
participles lotend geloot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: loot
  • Papiamentu: lòt

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

loten

  1. plural of lot

Noun[edit]

loten

  1. plural of loot

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Lot +‎ -en

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈloːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ten
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

loten (weak, third-person singular present lotet, past tense lotete, past participle gelotet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical) to sound
  2. (construction) to plumb (to accurately align vertically or confirm the accurate vertical alignment of something)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • loten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • loten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • loten” in Duden online