baten

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See also: Baten, bäten, and båten

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baten/ [ba.t̪ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -aten
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ten

Etymology 1

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Determiner

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baten

  1. genitive indefinite of bat

Numeral

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baten

  1. genitive indefinite of bat
  2. genitive plural of bat

Pronoun

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baten

  1. genitive of bat

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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baten

  1. inessive indefinite inanimate of bat
    Synonym: batean

Pronoun

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baten

  1. inessive inanimate of bat
    Synonym: batean

Catalan

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Verb

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baten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of batre

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːtə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧ten
  • Rhymes: -aːtən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter.

Verb

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baten

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to avail
    Het mocht niet baten.
    It was to no avail.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of baten (weak)
infinitive baten
past singular baatte
past participle gebaat
infinitive baten
gerund baten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular baat baatte
2nd person sing. (jij) baat baatte
2nd person sing. (u) baat baatte
2nd person sing. (gij) baat baatte
3rd person singular baat baatte
plural baten baatten
subjunctive sing.1 bate baatte
subjunctive plur.1 baten baatten
imperative sing. baat
imperative plur.1 baat
participles batend gebaat
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: baet

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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baten

  1. plural of baat

Galician

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baten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of bater

German

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Verb

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baten

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of bitten

Middle English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

  1. To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack.
  2. To fight or strive; to be in conflict with.
  3. To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle.
  4. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch.
  5. (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs.
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Etymology 2

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An aphetic form of abaten.

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Verb

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baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

  1. To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much)
  2. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
    1. To reassure or hearten; to free of worry.
    2. (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion.
    3. (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude.
  3. To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness.
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Spanish

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Verb

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baten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of batir

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English button.

Noun

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baten

  1. button