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meten
meten
See also: Mete'n
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch meten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.
Verb
meten
- (transitive) to measure
- (reflexive) to measure up [+ met (object) = to]
Inflection
| Inflection of meten (strong class 5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meten | |||
| past singular | mat | |||
| past participle | gemeten | |||
| infinitive | meten | |||
| gerund | meten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | meet | mat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | meet | mat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | meet | mat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | meet | mat | ||
| 3rd person singular | meet | mat | ||
| plural | meten | maten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | mete | mate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | meten | maten | ||
| imperative sing. | meet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | meet | |||
| participles | metend | gemeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
meten
- Plural form of meet
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Verb
mēten
- to meet, come together
Descendants
- English: meet
Etymology 2
From Old English mētan, mǣtan (“to paint, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maitijaną (“to cut”).
Verb
mētan