enten

From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annattveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).

• IPA^(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]

enten

1. either

   always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"

• “enten” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “enten,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: en‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛntən

From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

Conjugation of enten (weak)
infinitive	enten
past singular	entte
past participle	geënt
infinitive	enten
gerund	enten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (jij)	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (u)	ent	entte
2nd person sing. (gij)	ent	entte
3rd person singular	ent	entte
plural	enten	entten
subjunctive sing.1	ente	entte
subjunctive plur.1	enten	entten
imperative sing.	ent
imperative plur.1	ent
participles	entend	geënt
1) Archaic.

• entstof
• inenten

• Afrikaans: ent
• → Indonesian: enten
• → Papiamentu: ènter, enter (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: ènter
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ènter, ngènter

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

enten

1. plural of ent

From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

• IPA^(key): [ənˈtɛn]
• Hyphenation: êntèn

enten or êntèn

1. (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
2. (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

• cangkok
• setek

• “enten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

enten

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんてん

enten

1. Alternative spelling of ènten. Romanization of ꦲꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀

Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

Weak
Infinitive	enten
3rd sg. past	—
3rd pl. past	—
Past participle	—
Infinitive	enten
In genitive	entens
In dative	entene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	ente	—
2nd singular	ents, entes	—
3rd singular	ent, entet	—
1st plural	enten	—
2nd plural	ent, entet	—
3rd plural	enten	—
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	ente	—
2nd singular	ents, entes	—
3rd singular	ente	—
1st plural	enten	—
2nd plural	ent, entet	—
3rd plural	enten	—
Imperative	Present
Singular	ent, ente
Plural	ent, entet
	Present	Past
Participle	entende	—

• Dutch: enten

enten

1. Contraction of ende den.

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

From Old Norse annat tveggja.

enten

1. either (used in combination with eller; enten ... eller... / either ... or ...)

• “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

enten

1. Alternative form of anten