boete

See also: boète, boête, and böte

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch boete, from Old Dutch *bōta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Cognate to English bote, boot (“profit, plunder”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

boete f (plural boetes or boeten)

  1. (in full geldboete) fine, financial penalty
  2. (in full boetedoening) penance, paining atonement

Verb

boete

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of boeten
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