enten

See also: Enten and entén

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annat tveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]

Conjunction

enten

1. either

   always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"

References

• “enten” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “enten,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: en‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛntən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.

Verb

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

Conjugation

Conjugation of enten (weak)
infinitive	enten
past singular	entte
past participle	geënt
infinitive	enten
gerund	enten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (jij)	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (u)	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (gij)	ent	entte
3rd person singular	ent	entte
plural	enten	entten
subjunctive sing.1	ente	entte
subjunctive plur.1	enten	entten
imperative sing.	ent
imperative plur.1	ent
participles	entend	geënt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• entstof
• inenten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ent
• → Indonesian: enten
• → Papiamentu: ènter, enter (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: ènter
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ènter, ngènter

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

enten

1. plural of ent

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ənˈtɛn]
• Hyphenation: êntèn

Noun

êntèn (plural enten-enten)

1. (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense
2. (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts

Synonyms

• cangkok
• setek

Further reading

• “enten”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

enten

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんてん

Javanese

Romanization

enten

1. alternative spelling of ènten, romanization of ꦲꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (“there is/are”)
2. alternative spelling of êntèn, romanization of ꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦤ (“wait”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).

Verb

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

Inflection

Conjugation of enten (weak)

infinitive	base form	enten
	genitive	entens
	dative	entene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		ente	—		ente	—
2nd person singular		ents, entes	—		ents, entes	—
3rd person singular		ent, entet	—		ente	—
1st person plural		enten	—		enten	—
2nd person plural		ent, entet	—		ent, entet	—
3rd person plural		enten	—		enten	—
		imperative
singular		ent, ente
plural		ent, entet
		present	past
participle		entende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: enten

Etymology 2

Contraction

enten

1. contraction of ende +‎ den

Further reading

• “enten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “enten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse annat tveggja.

Conjunction

enten

1. either (used in combination with eller; enten ... eller... / either ... or ...)

References

• “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Danish enten (compare also Norwegian Bokmål enten).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æntn̩/ (some dialects) (may be spelled as æntn)
• IPA^(key): /ɛɲtn̩/ (Trøndersk) (may be spelled as einntn or einnten)

Conjunction

enten

1. alternative form of anten