enten
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annat tveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]
Conjunction
enten
- either
- always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: en‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛntən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.
Verb
enten
- (transitive) to graft
Conjugation
| Conjugation of enten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enten | |||
| past singular | entte | |||
| past participle | geënt | |||
| infinitive | enten | |||
| gerund | enten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ent | entte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ent | entte | ||
| 3rd person singular | ent | entte | ||
| plural | enten | entten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ente | entte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | enten | entten | ||
| imperative sing. | ent | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ent | |||
| participles | entend | geënt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ent
- → Indonesian: enten
- → Papiamentu: ènter, enter (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: ènter
- → Caribbean Javanese: ènter, ngènter
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
enten
- plural of ent
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ənˈtɛn]
- Hyphenation: êntèn
Noun
êntèn (plural enten-enten)
- (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense
- (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts
Synonyms
Further reading
- “enten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
enten
Javanese
Romanization
enten
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).
Verb
enten
- (transitive) to graft
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | enten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | entens | ||||||
| dative | entene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | ente | — | ente | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | ents, entes | — | ents, entes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | ent, entet | — | ente | — | |||
| 1st person plural | enten | — | enten | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | ent, entet | — | ent, entet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | enten | — | enten | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | ent, ente | ||||||
| plural | ent, entet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | entende | — | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: enten
Etymology 2
Contraction
enten
Further reading
- “enten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “enten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse annat tveggja.
Conjunction
enten
References
- “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Danish enten (compare also Norwegian Bokmål enten).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æntn̩/ (some dialects) (may be spelled as æntn)
- IPA(key): /ɛɲtn̩/ (Trøndersk) (may be spelled as einntn or einnten)
Conjunction
enten
- alternative form of anten