houten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑu̯.tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hou‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯tən
Inflection
| Inflection of houten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | houten | |||
| inflected | houten | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ||||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | houten | ||
| n. sing. | houten | |||
| plural | houten | |||
| definite | houten | |||
| partitive | ||||
Verb
houten
- (transitive) to paint something, so as to give the impression that it is made of beautifully figured wood.
Inflection
| Conjugation of houten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houten | |||
| past singular | houtte | |||
| past participle | gehout | |||
| infinitive | houten | |||
| gerund | houten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hout | houtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hout | houtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hout | houtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hout | houtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | hout | houtte | ||
| plural | houten | houtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | houte | houtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | houten | houtten | ||
| imperative sing. | hout | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hout | |||
| participles | houtend | gehout | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
See also
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- whoten
Etymology
Of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuːtən/, /ˈhwoːtən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of houten (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) houten, houte | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | houte | houted | |
| 2nd-person singular | houtest | houtedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | houteth | houted | |
| subjunctive singular | houte | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | houten, houte | houteden, houtede | |
| imperative plural | houteth, houte | — | |
| participles | houtynge, houtende | houted, yhouted | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
References
- “hǒuten, whọ̄ten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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