kouten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch couten, ultimately from the root of kallen (“to talk, chat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kou‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯tən
Verb
kouten
- (intransitive, now Belgium, dialectal) to talk, to speak
- (intransitive) to banter, to chit-chat, to babble
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kouten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kouten | |||
| past singular | koutte | |||
| past participle | gekout | |||
| infinitive | kouten | |||
| gerund | kouten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kout | koutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kout | koutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kout | koutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kout | koutte | ||
| 3rd person singular | kout | koutte | ||
| plural | kouten | koutten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | koute | koutte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kouten | koutten | ||
| imperative sing. | kout | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kout | |||
| participles | koutend | gekout | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||