muten

English

Etymology 1

From mute +‎ -en.

Verb

muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become mute or muted.
    • 1988, Annales Zoologici Fennici, volume 25, page 258:
      The passage of auditory cues was also prevented by cutting off the wings of the males, i.e. by “mutening” the males.
    • 2009, W. B. Baker, The Lion and the Falcon, page 137:
      The silent, twin-fanged fury of its king
      On mutened men, who have no voice to sing.

Etymology 2

From Middle French mutiner.

Verb

muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To mutiny.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

muten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mutar

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German mieten.

Verb

muten

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to rent

Further reading

  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 111

Galician

Verb

muten

  1. inflection of mutar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German muoten, from Old High German muoten, muotôn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːtən/, [muːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ten

Verb

muten (weak, third-person singular present mutet, past tense mutete, past participle gemutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to demand, to set one's mind on something
  2. (transitive, jargon) to dowse (with a divining rod)
  3. (transitive, mining) to apply for a mining concession

Etymology 2

From English mute +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjuːtən/, [mjuːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ten

Verb

muten (weak, third-person singular present mutet, past tense mutete, past participle gemutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (computing) to mute
    Ich hab ihn gemutet, aber der Rotz kommt durch.I muted him, but the crap gets through.
    Klicken Sie auf die Section, die Sie muten möchten.Click on the section that you would like to mute.

Further reading

  • muten” in Duden online
  • muten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Spanish

Verb

muten

  1. inflection of mutar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative