boten
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Noun
boten f
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
boten
Etymology 2
Verb
boten
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).
Verb
boten
- (transitive, Belgium) to hit
- (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant
Conjugation
| Conjugation of boten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boten | |||
| past singular | bootte | |||
| past participle | geboot | |||
| infinitive | boten | |||
| gerund | boten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boot | bootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boot | bootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boot | bootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boot | bootte | ||
| 3rd person singular | boot | bootte | ||
| plural | boten | bootten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bote | bootte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | boten | bootten | ||
| imperative sing. | boot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boot | |||
| participles | botend | geboot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
boten
Anagrams
Verb
boten
- inflection of botar:
Pronunciation
Verb
boten
Adverb
boten
- (polite) not
Particle
boten
- (polite) no
Etymology 1
From Old English bōtian; equivalent to bote (“help”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
boten
- To solve; to release from disease or hardship or provide security.
- To be useful, helpful, or handy; to come in, be of, or be able to be productively used.
- (rare) To add an extra item in a swapping of goods to make the things swapped equivalent.
- (rare) To provide taxes, levies or money as compensation (for a service or past wrong).
- (rare) To profit, to gain or obtain benefit from.
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) boten, bote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | bote | boted | |
| 2nd-person singular | botest | botedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | boteth | boted | |
| subjunctive singular | bote | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | boten, bote | boteden, botede | |
| imperative plural | boteth, bote | — | |
| participles | botynge, botende | boted, yboted | |
Conjugation of boten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “bọ̄ten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.
Etymology 2
From bote (“boot”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
boten
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) boten, bote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | bote | boted | |
| 2nd-person singular | botest | botedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | boteth | boted | |
| subjunctive singular | bote | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | boten, bote | boteden, botede | |
| imperative plural | boteth, bote | — | |
| participles | botynge, botende | boted, yboted | |
Conjugation of boten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “bọ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.
Etymology 3
From bote (“help”) + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
boten
Etymology 4
Noun
boten
- Alternative form of botoun
Alternative forms
Noun
boten m or f
Verb
boten
- inflection of botar:
Noun
boten
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