spotten

Danish

Noun

spotten

  1. definite singular of spot

Verb

spotten

  1. gerund of spotte
    • 2013, Jakob Böhme, Vejen til Kristus, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 42:
      Lad mig leve med og i dig; og omvend dog mine forfølgere, som nu med deres spotten – uden at vide det - ofrer min tomhed og medfødte synder for din vrede.
      Let me live with and in you; and convert my pursuers, who now, with their mocking - unknowingly - sacrifice my emptiness and inborn sins for your anger.
    • 2014, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Nattens hus #4: Utæmmet, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:
      Jeg stødte igen frem med hænderne og fandt en grum tilfredsstillelse i at høre deres spotten blive til skrig af panik, inden de helt døde hen.
      Once more, I thrusted forwards with my hands, and found grim satisfaction in hearing their mocking become panicked screams, before dying out entirely.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔtə(n)/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot + -en.

Verb

spotten

  1. (intransitive) to mock, deride
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: spot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spot.

Verb

spotten

  1. (transitive) to spot (vehicles, such as trains or airplanes)
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

spotten (weak, third-person singular present spottet, past tense spottete, past participle gespottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, with über + accusative; higher register with genitive) to scoff, to jeer, to mock

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • spotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spotten” in Duden online
  • spotten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *spotton, from Proto-Germanic *sputtōną. Equivalent to spot + -en.

Verb

spotten

  1. to mock, to deride

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: spótte

Further reading

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