groeten

See also: gröten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrutə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: groe‧ten
  • Rhymes: -utən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch groeten, from Old Dutch *gruoten, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

Verb

groeten

  1. (transitive) to greet
  2. (transitive) to salute
Conjugation
Conjugation of groeten (weak)
infinitive groeten
past singular groette
past participle gegroet
infinitive groeten
gerund groeten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular groet groette
2nd person sing. (jij) groet groette
2nd person sing. (u) groet groette
2nd person sing. (gij) groet groette
3rd person singular groet groette
plural groeten groetten
subjunctive sing.1 groete groette
subjunctive plur.1 groeten groetten
imperative sing. groet
imperative plur.1 groet
participles groetend gegroet
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: groet
  • Negerhollands: groet, gruet, groetnes
  • Caribbean Javanese: khrut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

groeten

  1. plural of groet

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *gruoten, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan.

Verb

groeten

  1. to greet
  2. (possibly ironic) to attack
Inflection
Conjugation of groeten (weak)
infinitive base form groeten
genitive groetens
dative groetene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular groete groete
2nd person singular groets, groetes groets, groetes
3rd person singular groet, groetet groete
1st person plural groeten groeten
2nd person plural groet, groetet groet, groetet
3rd person plural groeten groeten
imperative
singular groet, groete
plural groet, groetet
present past
participle groetende
Alternative forms
  • gruten
Descendants
  • Dutch: groeten
    • Afrikaans: groet
    • Negerhollands: groet, gruet, groetnes
    • Caribbean Javanese: khrut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

groeten

  1. alternative spelling of grôten; inflection of grôot:
    1. masculine accusative/dative singular
    2. neuter dative singular
    3. dative plural

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