eten
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eten/, [e̞.t̪ẽ̞n]
Verb
eten ? (present participle eteten, future participle etengo, short form eten, verbal noun etete)
- break, separate
- stop, interrupt
Noun
eten
- genitive plural of eta
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.tə(n)/
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: eten
- Rhymes: -eːtən
- Homophone: Eethen
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ēten, from Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.
Verb
eten
- (transitive, intransitive) to eat
Inflection
| 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
- afeten
- dooreten
- eetstoornis
- leegeten
- mee-eten
- opeten
- overeten
- tegeneten
- vereten
- voleten
- vreten
Descendants
- Afrikaans: eet
- Jersey Dutch: eîte
- Negerhollands: jeet, jit, yet
- → Virgin Islands Creole: jet, jeet
- Petjo: eten
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb eten.
Noun
eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)
- food
- dinner
Derived terms
- avondeten
- etensbak
- etensrest
- etenstijd
- etenswaar
- middageten
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ete
Anagrams
- neet, teen
Japanese
Romanization
eten
- Rōmaji transcription of エテン
Low German
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈeːtən/
Verb
eten (past singular eet, past participle eten, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to eat
Conjugation
| 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
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.
Verb
ēten
- 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
Middle English
Alternative forms
- eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette
- æten, etenn (early)
Etymology
From Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛːtən/
Verb
eten (third-person singular simple present eteth, present participle etynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative et, past participle eten)
- To eat, devour
- To consume or have a meal
- To swallow, ingest
- (figuratively) To derive might from something
- To gnaw, scrape at
- To destroy, devastate (a person or of an object)
Conjugation
| 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.
Related terms
- ete
- freten
Descendants
- English: eat
- Scots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete
- Yola: at, ayth, eight (preterite)
References
- “ēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Swedish
Etymology
Equivalent to eter (“ether”) + -en
Noun
eten
- (organic chemistry) ethene, ethylene
Synonyms
- etylen
Further reading
- eten in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- enet