quiten
Catalan
Verb
quiten
- third-person plural present indicative form of quitar
Galician
Verb
quiten
- third-person plural present subjunctive of quitar
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwiːtən/
Verb
quiten
- to free (of debt, obligation etc.), to acquit
Inflection
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | quiten | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | quiten | |
| In genitive | quitens | |
| In dative | quitene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | quite | — |
| 2nd singular | quits, quites | — |
| 3rd singular | quit, quitet | — |
| 1st plural | quiten | — |
| 2nd plural | quit, quitet | — |
| 3rd plural | quiten | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | quite | — |
| 2nd singular | quits, quites | — |
| 3rd singular | quite | — |
| 1st plural | quiten | — |
| 2nd plural | quit, quitet | — |
| 3rd plural | quiten | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| 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
- The quince
Descendants
- German: Quitte
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Spanish
Verb
quiten
- inflection of quitar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative