boete
See also: boète, boête, and böte
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.tə/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: boe‧te
- Rhymes: -utə
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch boete, from Old Dutch *bōta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Cognate to English bote, boot (“profit, plunder”).
Noun
boete f (plural boetes or boeten)
- fine, financial penalty
- Synonyms: bekeuring, geldboete
- penance, paining atonement
- Synonym: boetedoening
Related terms
- beboeten
- boeten
- boeteling
- boetepij, boetekleed
- uitboeten
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
boete
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of boeten