poten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoː.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: po‧ten
- Rhymes: -oːtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pōten, from Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Verb
poten
- to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
- to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit
Conjugation
| Conjugation of poten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poten | |||
| past singular | pootte | |||
| past participle | gepoot | |||
| infinitive | poten | |||
| gerund | poten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | poot | pootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | poot | pootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | poot | pootte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | poot | pootte | ||
| 3rd person singular | poot | pootte | ||
| plural | poten | pootten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | pote | pootte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | poten | pootten | ||
| imperative sing. | poot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | poot | |||
| participles | potend | gepoot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- pootaardappel
- pootaarde
- pootafstand
- pootgoed
- pootijzer
- pootstok
- pootvis
- pootzak
- poter
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
poten
- plural of poot
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-West Germanic *putōn.
Verb
pōten
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: poten
- Limburgish: paote
Further reading
- “poten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “poten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Spanish
Verb
poten
- inflection of potar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative