eten

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eten/, [e̞.t̪ẽ̞n]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

eten ? (present participle eteten, future participle etengo, short form eten, verbal noun etete)

  1. break, separate
  2. stop, interrupt

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

eten

  1. genitive plural of eta

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch ēten, from Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Verb[edit]

eten

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of eten (strong class 5)
infinitive eten
past singular at
past participle gegeten
infinitive eten
gerund eten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular eet at
2nd person sing. (jij) eet at
2nd person sing. (u) eet at
2nd person sing. (gij) eet at
3rd person singular eet at
plural eten aten
subjunctive sing.1 ete ate
subjunctive plur.1 eten aten
imperative sing. eet
imperative plur.1 eet
participles etend gegeten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: eet
  • Jersey Dutch: eîte
  • Negerhollands: jeet, jit, yet
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: jet, jeet
  • Petjo: eten

Etymology 2[edit]

Gerund of the verb eten.

Noun[edit]

eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)

  1. food
  2. dinner
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Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

eten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of エテン

Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German ēten, from Old Saxon etan.

Cognate with Dutch eten, West Frisian ite, German essen, English eat, Danish æde, Swedish äta, Icelandic éta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

eten (past singular eet, past participle eten, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to eat

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of eten (strong verb)
infinitive eten
indicative present preterite
1st person singular eet eet
2nd person singular itts(t), etts(t) eets(t)
3rd person singular itt, ett eet
plural eet eten
imperative present —
singular itt, eet
plural eet
participle present past
eten eten
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.

Verb[edit]

ēten

  1. to eat

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

eten (third-person singular simple present eteth, present participle etynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative et, past participle eten)

  1. To eat, devour
  2. To consume or have a meal
  3. To swallow, ingest
  4. (figurative) To derive might from something
  5. To gnaw, scrape at
  6. To destroy, devastate (a person or of an object)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of eten (strong class 5)
infinitive (to) eten, ete
present tense past tense
1st-person singular ete at, et
2nd-person singular etest, est ete, ate, at
3rd-person singular eteth, et at, et
subjunctive singular ete ete1, ate1
imperative singular —
plural2 eten, ete eten, ete, aten, ate
imperative plural eteth, ete —
participles etynge, etende eten, ete, yeten, yete

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to eter (“ether”) +‎ -en

Noun[edit]

eten

  1. (organic chemistry) ethene, ethylene

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