blaten

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch blaten, bleten, from Old Dutch *blāten, *blēten, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (to bleat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bla‧ten
  • Rhymes: -aːtən

Verb

blaten

  1. (intransitive) to bleat, produce the typical baa sound of sheep
  2. (intransitive) to speak as pointlessly as if it were gibberish
    Hou op met blaten over je brommer, dat interesseert me geen reet.
    Stop blabbering about your moped, I don't give a shit about that.

Inflection

Conjugation of blaten (weak)
infinitive blaten
past singular blaatte
past participle geblaat
infinitive blaten
gerund blaten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blaat blaatte
2nd person sing. (jij) blaat blaatte
2nd person sing. (u) blaat blaatte
2nd person sing. (gij) blaat blaatte
3rd person singular blaat blaatte
plural blaten blaatten
subjunctive sing.1 blate blaatte
subjunctive plur.1 blaten blaatten
imperative sing. blaat
imperative plur.1 blaat
participles blatend geblaat
1) Archaic.

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