ontmoeten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ontmoeten, untmuten, entmuten, from ont- + moeten. The latter verb is from Old Dutch *muoten, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”) and is unrelated to modern Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”).
The unprefixed form is cognate to Low German möten, West Frisian moetsje, English meet, Danish møde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈmu.tə(n)/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -utən
Inflection
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Descendants
- Afrikaans: ontmoet
- Negerhollands: ontmuet
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