rusten

See also: rüsten

Danish

Adjective

rusten

  1. rusty

Inflection

Inflection of rusten
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular rusten 2
indefinite neuter singular rustent 2
plural rustne 2
definite attributive1 rustne

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

rusten c

  1. definite singular of rust

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʏstə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rusten. Equivalent to rust +‎ -en.

Verb

rusten

  1. (intransitive) to rest
  2. (intransitive) to lie, be supported (by something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rusten (weak)
infinitive rusten
past singular rustte
past participle gerust
infinitive rusten
gerund rusten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rust rustte
2nd person sing. (jij) rust rustte
2nd person sing. (u) rust rustte
2nd person sing. (gij) rust rustte
3rd person singular rust rustte
plural rusten rustten
subjunctive sing.1 ruste rustte
subjunctive plur.1 rusten rustten
imperative sing. rust
imperative plur.1 rust
participles rustend gerust
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rus
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: rustu
  • Negerhollands: rust, res
  • Aukan: losutu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rusten, from Old Dutch *rusten, from Proto-West Germanic *hrustijan.

Verb

rusten

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to equip, to provide with what is needed
Conjugation
Conjugation of rusten (weak)
infinitive rusten
past singular rustte
past participle gerust
infinitive rusten
gerund rusten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rust rustte
2nd person sing. (jij) rust rustte
2nd person sing. (u) rust rustte
2nd person sing. (gij) rust rustte
3rd person singular rust rustte
plural rusten rustten
subjunctive sing.1 ruste rustte
subjunctive plur.1 rusten rustten
imperative sing. rust
imperative plur.1 rust
participles rustend gerust
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From ruste +‎ -en.

Verb

rusten

  1. to rest, to recuperate
  2. to be somewhere in rest, quietly
  3. to rest, to be dead
  4. to stop, to cease

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rust +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrustən/, /ˈruːstən/

Verb

rusten (third-person singular simple present rusteth, present participle rustende, rustynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rusted)

  1. To rust; to acquire rust.
  2. (figurative) To degenerate; to deteriorate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rusten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) rusten, ruste
present tense past tense
1st-person singular ruste rusted
2nd-person singular rustest rustedest
3rd-person singular rusteth rusted
subjunctive singular ruste
imperative singular
plural1 rusten, ruste rusteden, rustede
imperative plural rusteth, ruste
participles rustynge, rustende rusted, yrusted

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

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

rusten (neuter singular rustent, definite singular and plural rustne)

  1. rusty

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

rusten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of rust

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʉstn̩/ (some dialects)

Adjective

rusten (neuter singular ruste or rustent, definite singular and plural rustne)

  1. rusty (corroded)