From Middle Dutch ontmoeten, untmuten, entmuten, from ont- + moeten. The latter verb is from Old Dutch *muoten, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”) and is unrelated to modern Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”).
The unprefixed form is cognate to Low German möten, West Frisian moetsje, English meet, Danish møde.
ontmoeten
| Conjugation of ontmoeten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ontmoeten | |||
| past singular | ontmoette | |||
| past participle | ontmoet | |||
| infinitive | ontmoeten | |||
| gerund | ontmoeten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ontmoet | ontmoette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ontmoet | ontmoette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ontmoet | ontmoette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ontmoet | ontmoette | ||
| 3rd person singular | ontmoet | ontmoette | ||
| plural | ontmoeten | ontmoetten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ontmoete | ontmoette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | ontmoeten | ontmoetten | ||
| imperative sing. | ontmoet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ontmoet | |||
| participles | ontmoetend | ontmoet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||