gieten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gieten, from Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣi.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gie‧ten
- Rhymes: -itən
- Homophone: Gieten
Verb
gieten
- (transitive) to pour
- (transitive) to mould or cast
- (impersonal, of rain) to pour down, to precipitate heavily
- Synonym: plenzen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gieten (strong class 2a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gieten | |||
| past singular | goot | |||
| past participle | gegoten | |||
| infinitive | gieten | |||
| gerund | gieten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | giet | goot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | giet | goot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | giet | goot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | giet | goot | ||
| 3rd person singular | giet | goot | ||
| plural | gieten | goten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | giete | gote | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gieten | goten | ||
| imperative sing. | giet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | giet | |||
| participles | gietend | gegoten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
verbs
Descendants
- Afrikaans: giet
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
Verb
gieten
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | gieten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | gietens | ||||||
| dative | gietene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | giete | gôot | giete | gōte | |||
| 2nd person singular | giets, gietes | gōots, gōtes | giets, gietes | gōtes | |||
| 3rd person singular | giet, gietet | gôot | giete | gōte | |||
| 1st person plural | gieten | gōten | gieten | gōten | |||
| 2nd person plural | giet, gietet | gōot, gōtet | giet, gietet | gōtet | |||
| 3rd person plural | gieten | gōten | gieten | gōten | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | giet, giete | ||||||
| plural | giet, gietet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | gietende | gegōten | |||||
Descendants
Further reading
- “ghieten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gieten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN