meten

See also: Mete'n

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of metre

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

meten

  1. (transitive) to measure
  2. (reflexive) to measure up [+ met (object) = to]
Inflection
Conjugation of meten (strong class 5)
infinitive meten
past singular mat
past participle gemeten
infinitive meten
gerund meten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meetmat
2nd person sing. (jij) meetmat
2nd person sing. (u) meetmat
2nd person sing. (gij) meetmat
3rd person singular meetmat
plural metenmaten
subjunctive sing.1 metemate
subjunctive plur.1 metenmaten
imperative sing. meet
imperative plur.1 meet
participles metendgemeten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: meet
  • Negerhollands: meet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meten

  1. plural of meet

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

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
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English mētan (to meet, encounter).

Verb

mēten

  1. to meet, come together
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Verb

mēten

  1. to paint
  2. to sculpt; design
  3. to dream
    • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r:
      Sende me grace to slepe and mete / In my slepe some certeyn sweven / Wher thorgh that I may knowe even / Whethir my lorde be quyke or ded
      Send me grace to sleep and dream / Some trustworthy dream in my sleep / Through which I might know exactly / Whether my lord is alive or dead.

Etymology 3

From Old English metan.

Verb

meten

  1. To measure, mete

Etymology 4

From mete (food) + -en (plural suffix).

Noun

meten

  1. plural of mete (food)

Etymology 5

From mete (food) + -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

meten

  1. To feed
  2. (reflexive) To pasture; eat

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meten (Cyrillic spelling метен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of mesti

Spanish

Verb

meten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

meten

  1. indefinite plural of mete
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