blaten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bleten (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch blaten, bleten, from Old Dutch *blāten, *blēten, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblaːtə(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːtən
Verb
blaten
- (intransitive) to bleat, produce the typical baa sound of sheep
- (intransitive) to speak as pointlessly as if it were gibberish
- Je kan blaten wat je wil, jongentje, met zo'n slechte punten ga je over mijn knie!
- You may talk all you want, boy, such bad grades land you over my knee!
Inflection
| Inflection of blaten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blaten | |||
| past singular | blaatte | |||
| past participle | geblaat | |||
| infinitive | blaten | |||
| gerund | blaten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 3rd person singular | blaat | blaatte | ||
| plural | blaten | blaatten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blate | blaatte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blaten | blaatten | ||
| imperative sing. | blaat | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blaat | |||
| participles | blatend | geblaat | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- blaren, blèren
- mekkeren
Derived terms
- geblaat