quiten

quiten

1. third-person plural present indicative of quitar

quiten

1. inflection of quitar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Borrowed from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːtən/

quiten

1. to free (of debt, obligation etc.), to acquit

• Dutch: kwijten

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

• küten, küte, kütte, kutten, quite

From Old High German quitina, kwitina, kutina, kutinna, kottana, kozzana, ultimately from Latin cotōneum (“quince”), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

quiten f

1. The quince

• German: Quitte
  • → Upper Sorbian: kwita
  • → Volapük: kvit
• → Swedish: kvitten
  • → Finnish: kvitteni

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

quiten

1. inflection of quitar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative