poten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pōten, from Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

poten

  1. to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
  2. to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit
Inflection
Inflection of poten (weak)
infinitive poten
past singular pootte
past participle gepoot
infinitive poten
gerund poten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular poot pootte
2nd person sing. (jij) poot pootte
2nd person sing. (u) poot pootte
2nd person sing. (gij) poot pootte
3rd person singular poot pootte
plural poten pootten
subjunctive sing.1 pote pootte
subjunctive plur.1 poten pootten
imperative sing. poot
imperative plur.1 poot
participles potend gepoot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • poter
  • pootaarde
  • pootafstand
  • pootgoed
  • pootijzer
  • pootstok
  • pootvis
  • pootzak

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

poten

  1. Plural form of poot

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.

Verb

pōten

  1. to plant, to put (into the ground, usually of plants)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: poten
  • Limburgish: paote

Further reading

  • “poten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “poten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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