meten

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of metre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

meten

1. (transitive) to measure
2. (reflexive) to measure up

Inflection

Derived terms

• meetlat
• meetsysteem
• meting
• afmeten
• bemeten
• opmeten

Related terms

• gemet
• maat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meet
• Negerhollands: meet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meten

1. plural of meet

Anagrams

• meent, neemt

Galician

Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.

Verb

mēten

1. to measure
2. to determine
3. to investigate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: meten
• Limburgish: maete

Further reading

• “meten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• meeten

Etymology 1

From Old English mētan (“to meet, encounter”).

Verb

mēten

1. to meet, come together

Descendants

• English: meet

Etymology 2

From Old English mētan, mǣtan (“to paint, design”), from Proto-West Germanic *maitijaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną.

Verb

mēten

1. to paint
2. to sculpt; design
3. to dream
   • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r:

     Sende me grace to slepe and mete / In my slepe some certeyn sweven / Wher thorgh that I may knowe even / Whethir my lorde be quyke or ded

     Send me grace to sleep and dream / Some trustworthy dream in my sleep / Through which I might know exactly / Whether my lord is alive or dead.

Etymology 3

From Old English metan.

Verb

meten

1. To measure, mete

Etymology 4

From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

meten

1. plural of mete (“food”)

Etymology 5

From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

meten

1. To feed
2. (reflexive) To pasture; eat

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meten (Cyrillic spelling метен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of mesti

Spanish

Verb

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Anagrams

• menté, mente, temen, tenme

Swedish

Noun

meten

1. indefinite plural of mete