quiten

Catalan

Verb

quiten

1. third-person plural present indicative of quitar

Galician

Verb

quiten

1. inflection of quitar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːtən/

Verb

quiten

1. to free (of debt, obligation etc.), to acquit

Inflection

Conjugation of quiten (weak)

infinitive	base form	quiten
	genitive	quitens
	dative	quitene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		quite	—		quite	—
2nd person singular		quits, quites	—		quits, quites	—
3rd person singular		quit, quitet	—		quite	—
1st person plural		quiten	—		quiten	—
2nd person plural		quit, quitet	—		quit, quitet	—
3rd person plural		quiten	—		quiten	—
		imperative
singular		quit, quite
plural		quit, quitet
		present	past
participle		quitende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: kwijten

Further reading

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

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• küten, küte, kütte, kutten, quite

Etymology

From Old High German quitina, kwitina, kutina, kutinna, kottana, kozzana, ultimately from Latin cotōneum (“quince”), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Noun

quiten f

1. The quince

Descendants

• German: Quitte
  • → Upper Sorbian: kwita
  • → Volapük: kvit
• → Swedish: kvitten
  • → Finnish: kvitteni

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Quiten”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Spanish

Verb

quiten

1. inflection of quitar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative