houten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑu̯.tə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hou‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯tən

Etymology 1

From hout +‎ -en.

Adjective

houten (not comparable)

  1. wooden, made of wood
    een houten been — a wooden leg
Declension
Declension of houten
uninflected houten
inflected houten
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. houten
n. sing. houten
plural houten
definite houten
partitive

Etymology 2

From hout +‎ -en.

Verb

houten

  1. (transitive) to paint something, so as to give the impression that it is made of beautifully figured wood
Conjugation
Conjugation of houten (weak)
infinitive houten
past singular houtte
past participle gehout
infinitive houten
gerund houten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hout houtte
2nd person sing. (jij) hout houtte
2nd person sing. (u) hout houtte
2nd person sing. (gij) hout houtte
3rd person singular hout houtte
plural houten houtten
subjunctive sing.1 houte houtte
subjunctive plur.1 houten houtten
imperative sing. hout
imperative plur.1 hout
participles houtend gehout
1) Archaic.
See also

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

houten

  1. (obsolete) plural of hout

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • whoten

Etymology

Of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːtən/, /ˈhwoːtən/

Verb

houten

  1. To shout, call or cry out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of houten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) houten, houte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular houte houted
2nd-person singular houtest houtedest
3rd-person singular houteth houted
subjunctive singular houte
imperative singular
plural1 houten, houte houteden, houtede
imperative plural houteth, houte
participles houtynge, houtende houted, yhouted

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: hoot

References