boete

See also: boète, boête, and böte

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tə/

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• Hyphenation: boe‧te
• Rhymes: -utə

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boete, from Old Dutch *bōta, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Cognate to English bote, boot (“profit, plunder”).

Noun

boete f (plural boetes or boeten)

1. fine, financial penalty

   Synonyms: bekeuring, geldboete

2. penance, paining atonement

   Synonym: boetedoening

Related terms

• beboeten
• boeten
• boeteling
• boetepij, boetekleed
• verboeten

Descendants

• Negerhollands: boet
• → Caribbean Hindustani: butu
• → Papiamentu: but
• → Sranan Tongo: butu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: butu
  • → Saramaccan: bútu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boete

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of boeten