spiten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From spijt +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiːtən/

Verb

spiten

  1. (late) to spite, to annoy, to anger
  2. (late) to grief, to cause pain to

Inflection

Conjugation of spiten (weak)
infinitive base form spiten
genitive spitens
dative spitene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular spite spite
2nd person singular spijts, spites spijts, spites
3rd person singular spijt, spitet spite
1st person plural spiten spiten
2nd person plural spijt, spitet spijt, spitet
3rd person plural spiten spiten
imperative
singular spijt, spite
plural spijt, spitet
present past
participle spitende

Descendants

  • Dutch: spijten
  • Limburgish: spiete

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