enten

See also: Enten and entén

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annattveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]

Conjunction

enten

  1. either
    always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: en‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛntən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.

Verb

enten

  1. (transitive) to graft
Inflection
Conjugation of enten (weak)
infinitive enten
past singular entte
past participle geënt
infinitive enten
gerund enten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ententte
2nd person sing. (jij) ententte
2nd person sing. (u) ententte
2nd person sing. (gij) ententte
3rd person singular ententte
plural entenentten
subjunctive sing.1 enteentte
subjunctive plur.1 entenentten
imperative sing. ent
imperative plur.1 ent
participles entendgeënt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ent
  • → Indonesian: enten
  • → Papiamentu: ènter, enter (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: ènter
    • → Caribbean Javanese: ènter, ngènter

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

enten

  1. plural of ent

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ənˈtɛn]
  • Hyphenation: êntèn

Noun

enten or êntèn

  1. (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
  2. (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

enten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えんてん

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).

Verb

enten

  1. (transitive) to graft
Inflection
Weak
Infinitive enten
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive enten
In genitive entens
In dative entene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular ente —
2nd singular ents, entes —
3rd singular ent, entet —
1st plural enten —
2nd plural ent, entet —
3rd plural enten —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular ente —
2nd singular ents, entes —
3rd singular ente —
1st plural enten —
2nd plural ent, entet —
3rd plural enten —
Imperative Present
Singular ent, ente
Plural ent, entet
Present Past
Participle entende —
Descendants

Contraction

enten

  1. Contraction of ende den.

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse annat tveggja.

Conjunction

enten

  1. either (used in combination with eller; enten ... eller... / either ... or ...)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Conjunction

enten

  1. Alternative form of anten
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