pitten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: pit‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪtən

Etymology 1

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Verb

pitten

  1. (intransitive, informal, Netherlands) to sleep
  2. (motor racing) to pit, to go to the pits for fuel or tyres
Inflection
Inflection of pitten (weak)
infinitive pitten
past singular pitte
past participle gepit
infinitive pitten
gerund pitten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pit pitte
2nd person sing. (jij) pit pitte
2nd person sing. (u) pit pitte
2nd person sing. (gij) pit pitte
3rd person singular pit pitte
plural pitten pitten
subjunctive sing.1 pitte pitte
subjunctive plur.1 pitten pitten
imperative sing. pit
imperative plur.1 pit
participles pittend gepit
1) Archaic.
Descendants
  • Petjo: pit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pitten

  1. plural of pit

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Cognate with German bitten, English bid.

Verb

pitten

  1. to make a request

Derived terms

References

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Noun

pitten

  1. definite singular of pitt
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