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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