gieten

Dutch

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gieten, from Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: gie‧ten
• Rhymes: -itən

Verb

gieten

1. (transitive) to pour
2. (transitive) to mould or cast
3. (impersonal, of rain) to pour down, to precipitate heavily

   Synonym: plenzen

Inflection

Conjugation of gieten (strong class 2)
infinitive	gieten
past singular	goot
past participle	gegoten
infinitive	gieten
gerund	gieten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	giet	goot
2nd person sing. (jij)	giet	goot
2nd person sing. (u)	giet	goot
2nd person sing. (gij)	giet	goot
3rd person singular	giet	goot
plural	gieten	goten
subjunctive sing.1	giete	gote
subjunctive plur.1	gieten	goten
imperative sing.	giet
imperative plur.1	giet
participles	gietend	gegoten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• begieten
• gieting
• gieter
• ingieten
• overgieten

Anagrams

• geiten, geniet

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.

Verb

gieten

1. (transitive) to pour
2. (intransitive) to flow, to stream

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive	gieten
3rd sg. past	gôot
3rd pl. past	gōten
Past participle	gōt
Infinitive	gieten
In genitive	gietens
In dative	gietene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	giete	gôot
2nd singular	giets, gietes	gōots, gōtes
3rd singular	giet, gietet	gôot
1st plural	gieten	gōten
2nd plural	giet, gietet	gōot, gōtet
3rd plural	gieten	gōten
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	giete	gōte
2nd singular	giets, gietes	gōtes
3rd singular	giete	gōte
1st plural	gieten	gōten
2nd plural	giet, gietet	gōtet
3rd plural	gieten	gōten
Imperative	Present
Singular	giet, giete
Plural	giet, gietet
	Present	Past
Participle	gietende	gōt

Descendants

• Dutch: gieten
• Limburgish: gete

Further reading

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