etsen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: et‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛtsən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German ätzen (to etch), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German azzon (to cause to bite or feed), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (to eat).

Verb

etsen

  1. (transitive) to etch
  2. (transitive) to corrode with chemicals
Inflection
Inflection of etsen (weak)
infinitive etsen
past singular etste
past participle geëtst
infinitive etsen
gerund etsen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular etsetste
2nd person sing. (jij) etstetste
2nd person sing. (u) etstetste
2nd person sing. (gij) etstetste
3rd person singular etstetste
plural etsenetsten
subjunctive sing.1 etseetste
subjunctive plur.1 etsenetsten
imperative sing. ets
imperative plur.1 etst
participles etsendgeëtst
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

etsen

  1. plural of ets

Anagrams

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