loten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: lo‧ten
- Rhymes: -oːtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch loten. Equivalent to lot + -en.
Verb
loten
- (intransitive) to draw lots, to hold a lottery
- De organisatie zal binnenkort loten om de winnaars van de prijzen te bepalen.
- The organization will soon draw lots to determine the winners of the prizes.
- Ze besloten om een loterij te loten om geld in te zamelen voor het goede doel.
- They decided to hold a lottery to raise money for charity.
- De school zal een loting loten om te beslissen welke studenten kunnen deelnemen aan het evenement.
- The school will draw lots to decide which students can participate in the event.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of loten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loten | |||
| past singular | lootte | |||
| past participle | geloot | |||
| infinitive | loten | |||
| gerund | loten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | loot | lootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | loot | lootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | loot | lootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | loot | lootte | ||
| 3rd person singular | loot | lootte | ||
| plural | loten | lootten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lote | lootte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | loten | lootten | ||
| imperative sing. | loot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | loot | |||
| participles | lotend | geloot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
loten
- plural of lot
Noun
loten
- plural of loot
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈloːtn̩]
- Hyphenation: lo‧ten
Audio: (file)
Verb
loten (weak, third-person singular present lotet, past tense lotete, past participle gelotet, auxiliary haben)
- (nautical) to sound
- (construction) to plumb (to accurately align vertically or confirm the accurate vertical alignment of something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of loten (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | loten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | lotend | ||||
| past participle | gelotet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich lote | wir loten | i | ich lote | wir loten |
| du lotest | ihr lotet | du lotest | ihr lotet | ||
| er lotet | sie loten | er lote | sie loten | ||
| preterite | ich lotete | wir loteten | ii | ich lotete1 | wir loteten1 |
| du lotetest | ihr lotetet | du lotetest1 | ihr lotetet1 | ||
| er lotete | sie loteten | er lotete1 | sie loteten1 | ||
| imperative | lot (du) lote (du) |
lotet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of loten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “loten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “loten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “loten” in Duden online
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.ten/
Participle
loten
- past participle of lūtan