etsen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: et‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛtsən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Middle High German , from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”).

Verb

etsen

  1. (transitive) to etch
  2. (transitive) to corrode with chemicals
Inflection
Inflection of etsen (weak)
infinitive etsen
past singular etste
past participle geëtst
infinitive etsen
gerund etsen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ets etste
2nd person sing. (jij) etst etste
2nd person sing. (u) etst etste
2nd person sing. (gij) etst etste
3rd person singular etst etste
plural etsen etsten
subjunctive sing.1 etse etste
subjunctive plur.1 etsen etsten
imperative sing. ets
imperative plur.1 etst
participles etsend geëtst
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

etsen

  1. plural of ets

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