rusten

See also: rüsten

Danish

Adjective

rusten

  1. rusty

Inflection

Inflection of rusten
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular rusten 2
Indefinite neuter singular rustent 2
Plural rustne 2
Definite attributive1 rustne
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

rusten c

  1. definite singular of rust

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʏstə(n)/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rusten. Equivalent to rust + -en.

Verb

rusten

  1. (intransitive) to rest
  2. (intransitive) to lie, be supported (by something)
Inflection
Conjugation of rusten (weak)
infinitive rusten
past singular rustte
past participle gerust
infinitive rusten
gerund rusten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rustrustte
2nd person sing. (jij) rustrustte
2nd person sing. (u) rustrustte
2nd person sing. (gij) rustrustte
3rd person singular rustrustte
plural rustenrustten
subjunctive sing.1 rusterustte
subjunctive plur.1 rustenrustten
imperative sing. rust
imperative plur.1 rust
participles rustendgerust
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: rustu
  • Negerhollands: rust, res
  • Aukan: losutu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rusten, from Old Dutch *rusten, from Proto-West Germanic *hrustijan.

Verb

rusten

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to equip, to provide with what is needed
Inflection
Conjugation of rusten (weak)
infinitive rusten
past singular rustte
past participle gerust
infinitive rusten
gerund rusten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rustrustte
2nd person sing. (jij) rustrustte
2nd person sing. (u) rustrustte
2nd person sing. (gij) rustrustte
3rd person singular rustrustte
plural rustenrustten
subjunctive sing.1 rusterustte
subjunctive plur.1 rustenrustten
imperative sing. rust
imperative plur.1 rust
participles rustendgerust
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From ruste + -en.

Verb

rusten

  1. to rest, to recuperate
  2. to be somewhere in rest, quietly
  3. to rest, to be dead
  4. to stop, to cease

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rust + -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrustən/, /ˈruːstən/

Verb

rusten (third-person singular simple present rusteth, present participle rustende, rustynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rusted)

  1. To rust; to acquire rust.
  2. (figurative) To degenerate; to deteriorate.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

rusten (neuter singular rustent, definite singular and plural rustne)

  1. rusty

Alternative forms

Noun

rusten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of rust

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Adjective

rusten (neuter singular ruste or rustent, definite singular and plural rustne)

  1. rusty
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