munten

Dutch

Etymology 1

cognate with money

Noun

munten

Plural form of munt

Verb

munten

(transitive) To mint, to coin (hard) money

Inflection

Inflection of munten (weak)
infinitive	munten
past singular	muntte
past participle	gemunt
infinitive	munten
gerund	munten n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (jij)	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (u)	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (gij)	munt	muntte
3rd person singular	munt	muntte
plural	munten	muntten

subjunctive sing.¹	munte	muntte
subjunctive plur.¹	munten	muntten

imperative sing.	munt
imperative plur.¹	munt

participles	muntend	gemunt
¹⁾ Archaic.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch munten, from Germanic. Cognate with Low German münten, West Frisian muntsje, mintsje, German münzen, English mint (“to intend, purpose”). More at mint.

Verb

munten

(transitive) To aim at, to target

Inflection

Inflection of munten (weak)
infinitive	munten
past singular	muntte
past participle	gemunt
infinitive	munten
gerund	munten n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (jij)	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (u)	munt	muntte
2nd person sing. (gij)	munt	muntte
3rd person singular	munt	muntte
plural	munten	muntten

subjunctive sing.¹	munte	muntte
subjunctive plur.¹	munten	muntten

imperative sing.	munt
imperative plur.¹	munt

participles	muntend	gemunt
¹⁾ Archaic.

Derived terms

uitmunten, uitmuntend

Related terms

monter

References

M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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