etten
English
Verb
etten
- (dialectal or colloquial) Alternative form of eaten, past participle of eat
- 1954, J R R Tolkien, “Lord of the Rings”, in The Fellowship of the Ring:
- But we aren't etten yet, and there are some stout folk here with us.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch etten, from Old Dutch *etten, from Proto-West Germanic *attjan, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną. Doublet of etsen.
Verb
etten
- (archaic, transitive) to pasture
Conjugation
| Conjugation of etten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | etten | |||
| past singular | ette | |||
| past participle | geët | |||
| infinitive | etten | |||
| gerund | etten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | et | ette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | et | ette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | et | ette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | et | ette | ||
| 3rd person singular | et | ette | ||
| plural | etten | etten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ette | ette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | etten | etten | ||
| imperative sing. | et | |||
| imperative plur.1 | et | |||
| participles | ettend | geët | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
etten
- plural of ette
Finnish
Contraction
etten
- contraction of että ei (“that not”) (first-person singular form).
- Ikävää, etten pääse tulemaan. [= Ikävää, että en pääse tulemaan.]
- It's a pity that I can not come.
Related terms
- ettet (2nd person singular)
- ettei (impersonal and 3rd person plural)
- ettemme (1st person plural)
- ettette (2nd person plural)
- etteivät (3rd person plural)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈet.ten/
Verb
etten
- plural present/preterite subjunctive of ettan
Turkish
Noun
etten
- ablative singular of et