meten

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.tən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈme.ten]

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of metre

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːtən

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

meten

1. (transitive) to measure
2. (reflexive) to measure up [+ met (object) = to]

• meetlat
• meetsysteem
• meting
• afmeten
• bemeten
• opmeten

• gemet
• maat

• Afrikaans: meet
• Negerhollands: meet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

meten

1. plural of meet

• meent, neemt

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

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

mēten

1. to measure
2. to determine
3. to investigate

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: meten
• Limburgish: maete

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

• meeten

From Old English mētan (“to meet, encounter”).

mēten

1. to meet, come together

• English: meet

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

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.

From Old English metan.

meten

1. To measure, mete

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

meten

1. plural of mete (“food”)

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

meten

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

meten (Cyrillic spelling метен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of mesti

meten

1. third-person plural present indicative of meter

• menté, mente, temen, tenme

meten

1. indefinite plural of mete