dutten

Dutch

Etymology

Unclear. May be from Middle Dutch dutten (“to rage”), through the semantic development: “rage” → “be out of one's mind” → “be unconscious” → “doze”, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏ.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dut‧ten
• Rhymes: -ʏtən

Verb

dutten

1. (transitive) to doze, to nap, to sleep lightly

Inflection

Conjugation of dutten (weak)
infinitive	dutten
past singular	dutte
past participle	gedut
infinitive	dutten
gerund	dutten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	dut	dutte
2nd person sing. (jij)	dut	dutte
2nd person sing. (u)	dut	dutte
2nd person sing. (gij)	dut	dutte
3rd person singular	dut	dutte
plural	dutten	dutten
subjunctive sing.1	dutte	dutte
subjunctive plur.1	dutten	dutten
imperative sing.	dut
imperative plur.1	dut
participles	duttend	gedut
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• dut
• indutten
• verdutten