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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown, perhaps a variant of boten.
Alternative forms
Verb
botten (archaic outside Belgium)
- (intransitive) to bump, to collide
- (transitive) to push
- (transitive) to strike
Conjugation
| Conjugation of botten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | botten | |||
| past singular | botte | |||
| past participle | gebot | |||
| infinitive | botten | |||
| gerund | botten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bot | botte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bot | botte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bot | botte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bot | botte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bot | botte | ||
| plural | botten | botten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | botte | botte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | botten | botten | ||
| imperative sing. | bot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bot | |||
| participles | bottend | gebot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
botten
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Verb
botten (third-person singular present bott, past participle gebott, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive or intransitive) to eat
Middle English
Noun
botten
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish butn, botn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
botten c
- bottom (lowest part; lowest part of a container; bed of a body of water)
- (colloquial) something very bad
- Det kändes botten
- It felt very bad
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | botten | bottens |
| definite | bottnen | bottnens | |
| plural | indefinite | bottnar | bottnars |
| definite | bottnarna | bottnarnas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | botten | bottens |
| definite | botten | bottens | |
| plural | indefinite | bottnar | bottnars |
| definite | bottnarna | bottnarnas |
Derived terms
Further reading
- Annika Karlholm (2019 May 1) “Allra överst låg botten [At the very top was the bottom]”, in isof.se (in Swedish), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, archived from the original on 27 October 2020
Etymology 2
Noun
botten
References
- botten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- botten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- botten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
West Frisian
Noun
botten