boten

boten

See also: Boten and böten

Catalan

Verb

boten

1. third-person plural present indicative form of botre

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtə(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

Verb

boten

1. (transitive) to hit
2. (transitive, agriculture) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant

Inflection

Inflection of boten (weak)
infinitive	boten
past singular	bootte
past participle	geboot
infinitive	boten
gerund	boten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (jij)	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (u)	boot	bootte
2nd person sing. (gij)	boot	bootte
3rd person singular	boot	bootte
plural	boten	bootten
subjunctive sing.1	bote	bootte
subjunctive plur.1	boten	bootten
imperative sing.	boot
imperative plur.1	boot
participles	botend	geboot
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

boten

1. Plural form of boot

Anagrams

• beton, boent

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːtn̩]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ten
• Homophones: Boten, Booten

Verb

boten

1. First-person plural preterite of bieten.
2. Third-person plural preterite of bieten.

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

Adverb

boten

1. (polite) not

Particle

boten

1. (polite) no

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōtian; equivalent to bote (“help”) +‎ -en (“infinitive suffix”).

Alternative forms

• bote, botun, booten, boti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

1. To solve; to release from disease or hardship or provide security.
2. To be useful, helpful, or handy; to come in, be of, or be able to be productively used.
3. (rare) To add an extra item in a swapping of goods to make the things swapped equivalent.
4. (rare) To provide taxes, levies or money as compensation (for a service or past wrong).
5. (rare) To profit, to gain or obtain benefit from.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boten (weak)

infinitive	(to) boten
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	bote	botede
2nd person singular	botest	botedest
3rd person singular	boteþ, boteth	botede
plural	boten	boteden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	bote	botede
plural	boten	boteden
imperative	present
singular	bote
plural	boteþ, boteth
participle	present	past
	botende, botinge	boted, yboted

Derived terms

• botyng

Descendants

• English: boot
• Scots: bute, buit

References

• “bọ̄ten (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

Etymology 2

From bote (“boot”) +‎ -en (“infinitive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

1. To equip with boots or give boots for use.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boten (weak)

infinitive	(to) boten
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	bote	botede
2nd person singular	botest	botedest
3rd person singular	boteþ, boteth	botede
plural	boten	boteden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	bote	botede
plural	boten	boteden
imperative	present
singular	bote
plural	boteþ, boteth
participle	present	past
	botende, botinge	boted, yboted

Descendants

• English: boot
• Scots: bute, buit

References

• “bọ̄ten (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

Etymology 3

From bote (“help”) +‎ -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

boten

1. plural of bote

   • Lo, her aᵹeines wreaððe monie remedies ... & misliche boten. — The Ancren Riwle, 1230
   • Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

Etymology 4

From Old French boton.

Noun

boten

1. Alternative form of botoun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bota

Noun

boten m or f

1. definite masculine singular of bot

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Spanish

Verb

boten

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of botar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of botar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of botar.

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Swedish

Noun

boten

1. definite singular of bot