spotten

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Danish

Noun

spotten

  1. definite singular of spot

Verb

spotten

  1. gerund of spotte
    • 2013, Jakob Böhme, Vejen til Kristus, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 42:
      Lad mig leve med og i dig; og omvend dog mine forfølgere, som nu med deres spotten – uden at vide det - ofrer min tomhed og medfødte synder for din vrede.
      Let me live with and in you; and convert my pursuers, who now, with their mocking - unknowingly - sacrifice my emptiness and inborn sins for your anger.
    • 2014, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Nattens hus #4: Utæmmet, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:
      Jeg stødte igen frem med hænderne og fandt en grum tilfredsstillelse i at høre deres spotten blive til skrig af panik, inden de helt døde hen.
      Once more, I thrusted forwards with my hands, and found grim satisfaction in hearing their mocking become panicked screams, before dying out entirely.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spotten, from Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot +‎ -en.

Verb

spotten

  1. (intransitive) to mock, deride
Conjugation
Conjugation of spotten (weak)
infinitive spotten
past singular spotte
past participle gespot
infinitive spotten
gerund spotten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spot spotte
2nd person sing. (jij) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (u) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (gij) spot spotte
3rd person singular spot spotte
plural spotten spotten
subjunctive sing.1 spotte spotte
subjunctive plur.1 spotten spotten
imperative sing. spot
imperative plur.1 spot
participles spottend gespot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: spot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spot.

Verb

spotten

  1. (transitive) to spot
    Kom je mee treinen spotten?Will you come trainspotting with me?
    De oude man ging graag zeldzame vogels spotten.The old man liked spotting rare birds.
Conjugation
Conjugation of spotten (weak)
infinitive spotten
past singular spotte
past participle gespot
infinitive spotten
gerund spotten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spot spotte
2nd person sing. (jij) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (u) spot spotte
2nd person sing. (gij) spot spotte
3rd person singular spot spotte
plural spotten spotten
subjunctive sing.1 spotte spotte
subjunctive plur.1 spotten spotten
imperative sing. spot
imperative plur.1 spot
participles spottend gespot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Verb

spotten (weak, third-person singular present spottet, past tense spottete, past participle gespottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to scoff, to jeer, to mock

Conjugation

Further reading

  • spotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spotten” in Duden online
  • spotten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot +‎ -en.

Verb

spotten

  1. to mock, to deride

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading