forten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔrtən/
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  • Hyphenation: for‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtən

Noun

forten

  1. plural of fort

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fortēon (“to mislead, seduce; draw over, cover, obscure”), equivalent to for- +‎ ten (“to draw”). Cognate with West Frisian fortsjen (“to move out, depart”), German verziehen (“to warp, stretch, spoil, move away”).

Pronunciation

Verb

forten (third-person singular simple present fortēþ, present participle fortēnde, first-/third-person singular past indicative forteh, past participle fortogen)

  1. (Early Middle English, rare) To pull away; to draw away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of forten (strong class 2)
infinitive (to) forten, forte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular forte forteh
2nd-person singular fortest fortuge
3rd-person singular forteþ forteh
subjunctive singular forte fortuge1
imperative singular —
plural2 forten, forte fortugen, fortuge
imperative plural forteþ, forte —
participles fortende fortogen, fortoge

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

forten

  1. imperative of fortena

Swedish

Noun

forten

  1. definite plural of fort
  2. indefinite plural of forte

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