eten

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eten/, [e̞.t̪ẽ̞n]

Etymology 1

Verb

eten ? (imperfect participle eteten, future participle etengo or etenen, short form eten, verbal noun etete)

1. break, separate
2. stop, interrupt

Etymology 2

Noun

eten

1. genitive plural of eta

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.tə(n)/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: eten
• Rhymes: -eːtən
• Homophone: Eethen

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ēten, from Old Dutch etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Verb

eten

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of eten (strong class 5)
infinitive	eten
past singular	at
past participle	gegeten
infinitive	eten
gerund	eten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	eet	at
2nd person sing. (jij)	eet	at
2nd person sing. (u)	eet	at
2nd person sing. (gij)	eet	at
3rd person singular	eet	at
plural	eten	aten
subjunctive sing.1	ete	ate
subjunctive plur.1	eten	aten
imperative sing.	eet
imperative plur.1	eet
participles	etend	gegeten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• afeten
• de kaas niet van het brood laten eten
• dooreten
• eetcultuur
• eetgewoonte
• eethuis
• eetstoornis
• eter
• het hele eiereneten
• kaas gegeten hebben
• leegeten
• mee-eten
• opeten
• overeten
• tegeneten
• vereten
• voleten
• wat de boer niet kent, dat eet hij niet

 

Related terms

• vreten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eet
• Jersey Dutch: eîte
• Negerhollands: jeet, jit, yet
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: jet, jeet
• Petjo: eten

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb eten.

Noun

eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)

1. food
2. dinner

Derived terms

• avondeten
• etensbak
• etensrest
• etenstijd
• etenswaar
• middageten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ete

Anagrams

• neet, teen

Japanese

Romanization

eten

1. Rōmaji transcription of エテン

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ēten, from Old Saxon etan.

Cognate with Dutch eten, West Frisian ite, German essen, English eat, Danish æde, Nowegian ete, Swedish äta, Icelandic éta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtən/

Verb

eten (past singular eet, past participle eten, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of eten (strong verb)

infinitive	eten
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	eet	eet
2nd person singular	itts(t), etts(t)	eets(t)
3rd person singular	itt, ett	eet
plural	eet	eten
imperative	present	—
singular	itt, eet
plural	eet
participle	present	past
	eten	eten
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms

• Eten
• opeten
• övereten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

ēten

1. to eat

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: eten
  • Afrikaans: eet
• Limburgish: aete

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette
• æten, etenn (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːtən/

Verb

eten (third-person singular simple present eteth, present participle etynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative et, past participle eten)

1. To eat, devour
2. To consume or have a meal
3. To swallow, ingest
4. (figurative) To derive might from something
5. To gnaw, scrape at
6. To destroy, devastate (a person or of an object)

Conjugation

Conjugation of eten (strong class 5)

infinitive	(to) eten, ete
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ete	at, et
2nd-person singular	etest, est	ete, ate, at
3rd-person singular	eteth, et	at, et
subjunctive singular	ete	ete1, ate1
imperative singular		—
plural2	eten, ete	eten, ete, aten, ate
imperative plural	eteth, ete	—
participles	etynge, etende	eten, ete, yeten, yete

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

Related terms

• ete
• freten

Descendants

• English: eat
• Scots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete
• Yola: at, ayth, eight

References

• “ēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ten/

Noun

eten m

1. Alternative form of eoten

Declension

Declension of eten (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eten	etenas
accusative	eten	etenas
genitive	etenes	etena
dative	etene	etenum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eten”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Etymology

Equivalent to eter (“ether”) +‎ -en

Noun

eten

1. (organic chemistry) ethene, ethylene

Synonyms

• etylen

Further reading

• eten in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• enet