quiten

Catalan

Verb

quiten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of quitar

Galician

Verb

quiten

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwiːtən/

Verb

quiten

  1. to free (of debt, obligation etc.), to acquit

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive quiten
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive quiten
In genitive quitens
In dative quitene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular quite
2nd singular quits, quites
3rd singular quit, quitet
1st plural quiten
2nd plural quit, quitet
3rd plural quiten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular quite
2nd singular quits, quites
3rd singular quite
1st plural quiten
2nd plural quit, quitet
3rd plural quiten
Imperative Present
Singular quit, quite
Plural quit, quitet
Present Past
Participle quitende

Descendants

  • Dutch: kwijten

Further reading

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

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German quitina, kwitina, kutina, kutinna, kottana, kozzana, ultimately from Latin cotōneum (quince), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Noun

quiten f

  1. The quince

Descendants

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

quiten

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