poten

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoː.tə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧ten
  • 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
Conjugation of poten (weak)
infinitive poten
past singular pootte
past participle gepoot
infinitive poten
gerund poten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pootpootte
2nd person sing. (jij) pootpootte
2nd person sing. (u) pootpootte
2nd person sing. (gij) pootpootte
3rd person singular pootpootte
plural potenpootten
subjunctive sing.1 potepootte
subjunctive plur.1 potenpootten
imperative sing. poot
imperative plur.1 poot
participles potendgepoot
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • poter
  • pootaarde
  • pootafstand
  • pootgoed
  • pootijzer
  • pootstok
  • pootvis
  • pootzak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

poten

  1. plural 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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: poten
  • Limburgish: paote

Further reading
  • “poten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “poten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

poten

  1. inflection of potar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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