blaten
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch blaten, bleten, from Old Dutch *blāten, *blēten, from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblaːtə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bla‧ten
- Rhymes: -aːtən
Verb
blaten
- (intransitive) to bleat, produce the typical baa sound of sheep
- (intransitive) to speak as pointlessly as if it were gibberish
- Hou op met blaten over je brommer, dat interesseert me geen reet.
- Stop blabbering about your moped, I don't give a shit about that.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of blaten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blaten | |||
| past singular | blaatte | |||
| past participle | geblaat | |||
| infinitive | blaten | |||
| gerund | blaten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blaat | blaatte | ||
| 3rd person singular | blaat | blaatte | ||
| plural | blaten | blaatten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blate | blaatte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blaten | blaatten | ||
| imperative sing. | blaat | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blaat | |||
| participles | blatend | geblaat | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||