eten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: eten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

eten

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat

Inflection

Conjugation 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

• eetstoornis
• opeten
• overeten
• vreten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eet

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb eten.

Noun

eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)

1. food
2. dinner

Derived terms

• avondeten
• etenstijd
• middageten

Anagrams

• neet, teen

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Japanese

Romanization

eten

1. Rōmaji transcription of エテン

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with Dutch eten, West Frisian ite, German essen, English eat, Danish æde, Swedish äta, Icelandic éta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtən/

Verb

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

1. to eat

Conjugation

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

• Eten
• opeten
• övereten

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

ēten

1. to eat

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: eten
  • Afrikaans: eet
• Limburgish: aete

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• æten, etenn, eeten

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːtən/

Verb

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

Conjugation of eten (strong class 5)

infinitive	(to) eten
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	et(e)	at, et
2nd person singular	etest, etst	ete(st), ate(st)
3rd person singular	eteth, eteþ, ett	at, et
plural	ete(n), eteth	eten, aten
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ete	ete
plural	ete(n)	eten
imperative	present
singular	et
plural	eteth, eteþ
participle	present	past
	eting(e), etende	(y)eten

Descendants

• English: eat
• Scots: aet, eat, eit, ete

References

• “ēten (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

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Swedish

Noun

eten

1. (organic chemistry) ethene, ethylene

Synonyms

• etylen

Anagrams

• enet