zouten
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch souten, from Old Dutch *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną. The verb was originally a class 7 strong verb, but the verb became weak early on and only the strong past participle was preserved. The past form would have been *zielt, parallel to houden and hield.
Pronunciation
Verb
zouten
- (transitive) to salt
Conjugation
The weak past participle gezout also occurs.
| Conjugation of zouten (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zouten | |||
| past singular | zoutte | |||
| past participle | gezouten | |||
| infinitive | zouten | |||
| gerund | zouten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zout | zoutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zout | zoutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zout | zoutte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zout | zoutte | ||
| 3rd person singular | zout | zoutte | ||
| plural | zouten | zoutten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zoute | zoutte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zouten | zoutten | ||
| imperative sing. | zout | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zout | |||
| participles | zoutend | gezouten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- aanzouten
- afzouten
- bezouten
- doorzouten
- inzouten
- onderzouten
- ongezouten
- ontzouten
- opzouten
- overzouten
- uitzouten
- verzouten
Descendants
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