boten

See also: Boten and böten

Catalan

Verb

boten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtə(n)/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ten
• Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

Verb

boten

1. (transitive, Belgium) to hit
2. (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant

Inflection

Conjugation of boten (weak)
infinitive	boten
past singular	bootte
past participle	geboot
infinitive	boten
gerund	boten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (jij)	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (u)	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (gij)	boot	bootte
3rd person singular	boot	bootte
plural	boten	bootten
subjunctive sing.1	bote	bootte
subjunctive plur.1	boten	bootten
imperative sing.	boot
imperative plur.1	boot
participles	botend	geboot
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boten

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of boot

Anagrams

• beton, boent

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːtn̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ten
• Homophones: Boten, Booten

Verb

boten

1. first/third-person plural preterite of bieten

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

Adverb

boten

1. (polite) not

Particle

boten

1. (polite) no

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōtian; equivalent to bote (“help”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• bote, botun, booten, boti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

2. To solve; to release from disease or hardship or provide security.
3. To be useful, helpful, or handy; to come in, be of, or be able to be productively used.
4. (rare) To add an extra item in a swapping of goods to make the things swapped equivalent.
5. (rare) To provide taxes, levies or money as compensation (for a service or past wrong).
6. (rare) To profit, to gain or obtain benefit from.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) boten, bote
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bote	boted
2nd-person singular	botest	botedest
3rd-person singular	boteth	boted
subjunctive singular	bote
imperative singular		—
plural1	boten, bote	boteden, botede
imperative plural	boteth, bote	—
participles	botynge, botende	boted, yboted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• botyng

Descendants

• English: boot
• Scots: bute, buit

References

• “bọ̄ten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

Etymology 2

From bote (“boot”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

2. To equip with boots or give boots for use.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) boten, bote
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bote	boted
2nd-person singular	botest	botedest
3rd-person singular	boteth	boted
subjunctive singular	bote
imperative singular		—
plural1	boten, bote	boteden, botede
imperative plural	boteth, bote	—
participles	botynge, botende	boted, yboted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: boot
• Scots: bute, buit

References

• “bọ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

Etymology 3

From bote (“help”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

boten

1. plural of bote

   • Lo, her aᵹeines wreaððe monie remedies ... & misliche boten. — The Ancren Riwle, 1230
   • Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

Etymology 4

Noun

boten

1. Alternative form of botoun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bota

Noun

boten m or f

1. definite masculine singular of bot

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Spanish

Verb

boten

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

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Swedish

Noun

boten

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bot