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German
Pronunciation
Verb
böten
- first/third-person plural subjunctive II of bieten
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German böten, from Old Saxon bōtian, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, related to Dutch boeten, German büßen.
Pronunciation
Verb
böten (third-person singular simple present bött, past tense bött, past participle bött, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (transitive, obsolete) to pay for
- (intransitive, religion) to repent, to do penance
- (transitive) to heat
- (transitive) to make a fire
- (transitive, obsolete) to mend, repair
- (transitive, obsolete) to touch up
- (transitive, obsolete) to patch
- (intransitive, obsolete) to heal, cure
Conjugation
Conjugation of böten (weak verb, irregular)