Unclear. May be from Middle Dutch dutten (“to rage”), through the semantic development: “rage” → “be out of one's mind” → “be unconscious” → “doze”, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”).
dutten
Conjugation of dutten (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | dutten | |||
past singular | dutte | |||
past participle | gedut | |||
infinitive | dutten | |||
gerund | dutten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | dut | dutte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | dut | dutte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | dut | dutte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | dut | dutte | ||
3rd person singular | dut | dutte | ||
plural | dutten | dutten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | dutte | dutte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | dutten | dutten | ||
imperative sing. | dut | |||
imperative plur.1 | dut | |||
participles | duttend | gedut | ||
1) Archaic. |