enten
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annattveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
enten
- either
- always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.
Verb
enten
- (transitive) to graft
Inflection
| Inflection of enten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enten | |||
| past singular | entte | |||
| past participle | geënt | |||
| infinitive | enten | |||
| gerund | enten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ent | entte | ||
| 3rd person singular | ent | entte | ||
| plural | enten | entten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ente | entte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | enten | entten | ||
| imperative sing. | ent | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ent | |||
| participles | entend | geënt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
enten
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.
Pronunciation
Noun
enten or êntèn
- (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
- (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
Synonyms
Further reading
- “enten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
enten
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).
Verb
enten
- (transitive) to graft
Inflection
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | enten | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | enten | |
| In genitive | entens | |
| In dative | entene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | ente | — |
| 2nd singular | ents, entes | — |
| 3rd singular | ent, entet | — |
| 1st plural | enten | — |
| 2nd plural | ent, entet | — |
| 3rd plural | enten | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | ente | — |
| 2nd singular | ents, entes | — |
| 3rd singular | ente | — |
| 1st plural | enten | — |
| 2nd plural | ent, entet | — |
| 3rd plural | enten | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | ent, ente | |
| Plural | ent, entet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | entende | — |
Descendants
- Dutch: enten
Etymology 2
Contraction
enten
Further reading
- “enten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “enten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse annat tveggja.
Conjunction
enten
References
- “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Conjunction
enten
- Alternative form of anten