etan

See also: etán, étan, and Etan

Czech

Alternative forms

ethan

Noun

etan m

(organic chemistry) ethane (C₂H₆)

Coordinate terms

Esperanto

Adjective

etan

accusative singular of eta

Icelandic

Noun

etan n

(organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

declension of etan

	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular
nominative	etan	etanið
accusative	etan	etanið
dative	etani	etaninu
genitive	etans	etansins

Related terms

etanól
eten

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

ethane (as above)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

etan

to eat

Descendants

Middle Dutch: eten
- Dutch: eten
  - Afrikaans: eet
- Limburgish: aete

Old English

Alternative forms

eotan, eata

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈetɑn/

Verb

etan

(West Saxon) to eat
Ðū scealt grēot etan: Thou shalt eat grit. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Conjugation

Conjugation of etan (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	etan	tō etenne
1st-person singular	ete	æt
2nd-person singular	itst, itest	ǣte
3rd-person singular	itt, it, iteþ	æt
plural	etaþ	ǣton
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ete	ǣte
plural	eten	ǣten
imperative
singular	et
plural	etaþ
participle	present	past
	etende	(ġe)eten

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: eten, æten, etenn, eeten
- Scots: aet, eat, eit, ete
- English: eat

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

etan

to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of etan (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	etan
1st person singular	itu	at
2nd person singular	itis	āti
3rd person singular	itid	at
plural	etad	ātun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	ete	āti
2nd person singular	etes	ātis
3rd person singular	ete	āti
plural	eten	ātin
imperative	present
singular	et
plural	etad
participle	present	past
	itandi	gietan, etan

Descendants

Middle Low German: ēten
- Low German: eten

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tan/
Audio (file)

Noun

etan m inan

ethane

Declension

declension of etan

	singular	plural
nominative	etan	etany
genitive	etanu	etanów
dative	etanowi	etanom
accusative	etan	etany
instrumental	etanem	etanami
locative	etanie	etanach
vocative	etanie	etany

Swedish

Noun

etan n (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

Declension of etan
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	etan	etanet	—	—
Genitive	etans	etanets	—	—

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