boten

Albanian

Noun

boten f

1. definite accusative singular of bote

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Verb

boten

1. third-person plural present indicative of botre

Etymology 2

Verb

boten

1. third-person plural present indicative of botar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtə(n)/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ten
• Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

boten

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

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boten

1. plural of boot

Anagrams

• beton, boent

Galician

Verb

boten

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ten
• Homophones: Boten, Booten

Verb

boten

1. first/third-person plural preterite of bieten

Javanese

Adverb

boten

1. (polite) not

Particle

boten

1. (polite) no

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• bote, botun, booten, boti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

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

Conjugation

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 (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtən/

Verb

boten

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

Conjugation

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

Noun

boten

1. Alternative form of botoun

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bota

Noun

boten m or f

1. definite masculine singular of bot

Spanish

Verb

boten

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

boten

1. definite singular of bot