meten

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See also: Mete'n

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of metre

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

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meten

  1. (transitive) to measure
  2. (reflexive) to measure up [with met ‘to’]
Conjugation
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Conjugation of meten (strong class 5)
infinitive meten
past singular mat
past participle gemeten
infinitive meten
gerund meten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meet mat
2nd person sing. (jij) meet mat
2nd person sing. (u) meet mat
2nd person sing. (gij) meet mat
3rd person singular meet mat
plural meten maten
subjunctive sing.1 mete mate
subjunctive plur.1 meten maten
imperative sing. meet
imperative plur.1 meet
participles metend gemeten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: meet
  • Negerhollands: meet

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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meten

  1. plural of meet

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.

Verb

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mēten

  1. to measure
  2. to determine
  3. to investigate

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Old English mētan (to meet, encounter).

Verb

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mēten

  1. to meet, come together
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Old English mētan, mǣtan (to paint, design), from Proto-West Germanic *maitijaną (to cut), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną.

Verb

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mēten

  1. to paint
  2. to sculpt; design
  3. to dream

Etymology 3

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From Old English metan.

Verb

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meten

  1. To measure, mete

Etymology 4

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From mete (food) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

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meten

  1. plural of mete (food)

Etymology 5

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From mete (food) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

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meten

  1. To feed
  2. (reflexive) To pasture; eat

Old English

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Verb

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meten

  1. past participle of metan

Serbo-Croatian

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Participle

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meten (Cyrillic spelling метен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of mesti

Spanish

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Verb

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meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Anagrams

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Swedish

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Noun

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meten

  1. indefinite plural of mete