poten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pōten, from Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

poten

to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit

Inflection

Inflection of poten (weak)
infinitive	poten
past singular	pootte
past participle	gepoot
infinitive	poten
gerund	poten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	poot	pootte
2nd person sing. (jij)	poot	pootte
2nd person sing. (u)	poot	pootte
2nd person sing. (gij)	poot	pootte
3rd person singular	poot	pootte
plural	poten	pootten

subjunctive sing.¹	pote	pootte
subjunctive plur.¹	poten	pootten

imperative sing.	poot
imperative plur.¹	poot

participles	potend	gepoot
¹⁾ Archaic.

Derived terms

poter
pootaarde
pootafstand
pootgoed
pootijzer
pootstok
pootvis
pootzak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

poten

Plural form of poot

Anagrams

opent

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

pōten

to plant, to put (into the ground, usually of plants)

Inflection

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Descendants

Dutch: poten
Limburgish: paote

Further reading

“poten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“poten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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