böten

See also: boten, boeten, and Boten

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

böten

  1. first/third-person plural subjunctive II of bieten

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German böten, from Old Saxon bōtian, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, related to Dutch boeten, German büßen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbœɪ̯tⁿn̩]

Verb

böten (third-person singular simple present bött, past tense bött, past participle bött, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to pay for
  2. (intransitive, religion) to repent, to do penance
  3. (transitive) to heat
  4. (transitive) to make a fire
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to mend, repair
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to touch up
  7. (transitive, obsolete) to patch
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) to heal, cure

Conjugation

Conjugation of böten (weak verb, irregular)
infinitive böten
present preterite
1st person singular bööt bött
2nd person singular böts(t) bötts(t)
3rd person singular böt(t) bött
plural böött, bööten bötten
imperative
singular bööt(e)
plural böött
present past
participle böten (e)bött, gebött

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.