loten

See also: Loten, löten, and Löten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloː.tə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ten
  • Rhymes: -oːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch loten. Equivalent to lot + -en.

Verb

loten

  1. (intransitive) to draw lots, to hold a lottery
    De organisatie zal binnenkort loten om de winnaars van de prijzen te bepalen.
    The organization will soon draw lots to determine the winners of the prizes.
    Ze besloten om een ​​loterij te loten om geld in te zamelen voor het goede doel.
    They decided to hold a lottery to raise money for charity.
    De school zal een loting loten om te beslissen welke studenten kunnen deelnemen aan het evenement.
    The school will draw lots to decide which students can participate in the event.
Inflection
Conjugation of loten (weak)
infinitive loten
past singular lootte
past participle geloot
infinitive loten
gerund loten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular lootlootte
2nd person sing. (jij) lootlootte
2nd person sing. (u) lootlootte
2nd person sing. (gij) lootlootte
3rd person singular lootlootte
plural lotenlootten
subjunctive sing.1 lotelootte
subjunctive plur.1 lotenlootten
imperative sing. loot
imperative plur.1 loot
participles lotendgeloot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: loot
  • Papiamentu: lòt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

loten

  1. plural of lot

Noun

loten

  1. plural of loot

German

Etymology

Lot + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈloːtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ten
  • (file)

Verb

loten (weak, third-person singular present lotet, past tense lotete, past participle gelotet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical) to sound
  2. (construction) to plumb (to accurately align vertically or confirm the accurate vertical alignment of something)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • loten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • loten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • loten” in Duden online
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