eten ? (imperfect participle eteten, future participle etengo or etenen, short form eten, verbal noun etete)
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From Middle Dutch ēten, from Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.
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| Inflection of eten (strong class 5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | eten | |||
| past singular | at | |||
| past participle | gegeten | |||
| infinitive | eten | |||
| gerund | eten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | eet | at | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | eet | at | ||
| 3rd person singular | eet | at | ||
| plural | eten | aten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ete | ate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | eten | aten | ||
| imperative sing. | eet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | eet | |||
| participles | etend | gegeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Gerund of the verb eten.
eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)
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From Middle Low German ēten, from Old Saxon etan.
Cognate with Dutch eten, West Frisian ite, German essen, English eat, Danish æde, Nowegian ete, Swedish äta, Icelandic éta.
eten (past singular eet, past participle eten, auxiliary verb hebben)
| infinitive | eten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | eet | eet |
| 2nd person singular | itts(t), etts(t) | eets(t) |
| 3rd person singular | itt, ett | eet |
| plural | eet | eten |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | itt, eet | |
| plural | eet | |
| participle | present | past |
| eten | eten | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
From Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.
eten (third-person singular simple present eteth, present participle etynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative et, past participle eten)
| infinitive | (to) eten, ete | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | ete | at, et | |
| 2nd-person singular | etest, est | ete, ate, at | |
| 3rd-person singular | eteth, et | at, et | |
| subjunctive singular | ete | ete1, ate1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | eten, ete | eten, ete, aten, ate | |
| imperative plural | eteth, ete | — | |
| participles | etynge, etende | eten, ete, yeten, yete | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Equivalent to eter (“ether”) + -en
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