etten

1. (dialectal or colloquial)Alternative form ofeaten,pastparticiple ofeat
   • 1954, J R R Tolkien, “Lord of the Rings”, inThe Fellowship of the Ring:

     But we aren'tetten yet, and there are some stout folk here with us.

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FromMiddle Dutchetten, fromOld Dutch*etten, fromProto-West Germanic*attjan, fromProto-Germanic*atjaną.Doublet ofetsen.

etten

1. (archaic, transitive) topasture

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

etten

1. plural ofette

etten

1. contraction ofettä +‎ei, literally“that not”(first-person singular form).

   Ikävää,etten pääse tulemaan. [= Ikävää,ettäen pääse tulemaan.]

   It's a pitythat I cannot come.

• ettet(2nd person singular)
• ettei(impersonal and 3rd person plural)
• ettemme(1st person plural)
• ettette(2nd person plural)
• etteivät(3rd person plural)

• IPA^(key): /ˈet.ten/

etten

1. pluralpresent/preteritesubjunctive ofettan

etten

1. ablativesingular ofet

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