boeten
See also: böten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch boeten (“to improve”), from Old Dutch *buoten, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbutə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: boe‧ten
- Rhymes: -utən
Verb
boeten
- (intransitive) to pay for something as punishment; to suffer consequences
- Hij zal boeten voor zijn misdaden. ― He'll pay for his crimes.
- (intransitive) to expiate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of boeten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boeten | |||
| past singular | boette | |||
| past participle | geboet | |||
| infinitive | boeten | |||
| gerund | boeten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boet | boette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boet | boette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boet | boette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boet | boette | ||
| 3rd person singular | boet | boette | ||
| plural | boeten | boetten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | boete | boette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | boeten | boetten | ||
| imperative sing. | boet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boet | |||
| participles | boetend | geboet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- beboeten
- boetvaardig
- inboeten
- uitboeten
- verboeten
Related terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *buoten, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan.
Verb
boeten
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | boeten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | boetens | ||||||
| dative | boetene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | boete | — | boete | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | boets, boetes | — | boets, boetes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | boet, boetet | — | boete | — | |||
| 1st person plural | boeten | — | boeten | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | boet, boetet | — | boet, boetet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | boeten | — | boeten | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | boet, boete | ||||||
| plural | boet, boetet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | boetende | — | |||||
Derived terms
- boetere
- boetinge
Descendants
Further reading
- “boeten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “boeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I