meten

See also: Mete'n

Catalan

Verb

meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of metre

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

meten

  1. (transitive) to measure
  2. (reflexive) to measure up [+ met (object) = to]
Inflection
Inflection of meten (strong class 5)
infinitive meten
past singular mat
past participle gemeten
infinitive meten
gerund meten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular meet mat
2nd person sing. (jij) meet mat
2nd person sing. (u) meet mat
2nd person sing. (gij) meet mat
3rd person singular meet mat
plural meten maten
subjunctive sing.1 mete mate
subjunctive plur.1 meten maten
imperative sing. meet
imperative plur.1 meet
participles metend gemeten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

meten

  1. Plural form of meet

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

mēten

  1. to measure
  2. to determine
  3. to investigate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: meten
  • Limburgish: maete

Further reading

  • “meten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “meten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English mētan (“to meet, encounter”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”).

Verb

mēten

  1. to meet, come together

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English mētan, mǣtan (“to paint, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maitijaną (“to cut”).

Verb

mētan

  1. to paint
  2. to dream

Spanish

Verb

meten

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of meter.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of meter.
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