gieten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gieten, from Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣi.tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gie‧ten
- Rhymes: -itən
- Homophone: Gieten
Verb
gieten
- (transitive) to pour
- (transitive) to mould or cast
- (impersonal, of rain) to pour down, to precipitate heavily
- Synonym: plenzen
Inflection
| Inflection of gieten (strong class 2a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- aangieten
- afgieten
- begieten
- bijgieten
- gieting
- gieter
- ingieten
- leeggieten
- omgieten
- ondergieten
- opgieten
- overgieten
- samengieten
- uitgieten
- vergieten
- volgieten
- weggieten
Descendants
- Afrikaans: giet
Anagrams
- geiten, geniet
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
Verb
gieten
- (transitive) to pour
- (intransitive) to flow, to stream
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gieten | |
| 3rd sg. past | gôot | |
| 3rd pl. past | gōten | |
| Past participle | gegōten | |
| 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 | gegōten |
Descendants
- Dutch: gieten
- Afrikaans: giet
- Limburgish: gete
Further reading
- “ghieten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gieten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN