haten

See also: hatěn

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch haten, from Old Dutch haton, from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ten
• Rhymes: -aːtən
• Homophones: haatten (general), haatte, hate (n-dropping)

Verb

haten

1. (transitive) to hate

Inflection

Conjugation of haten (weak)
infinitive	haten
past singular	haatte
past participle	gehaat
infinitive	haten
gerund	haten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	haat	haatte
2nd person sing. (jij)	haat	haatte
2nd person sing. (u)	haat	haatte
2nd person sing. (gij)	haat	haatte
3rd person singular	haat	haatte
plural	haten	haatten
subjunctive sing.1	hate	haatte
subjunctive plur.1	haten	haatten
imperative sing.	haat
imperative plur.1	haat
participles	hatend	gehaat
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• hater

Related terms

• haat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: haat
• Negerhollands: hat

Luxembourgish

Verb

haten

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of hunn
2. third-person plural preterite indicative of hunn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• haate, hate, hatye, hatyn
• (early) hatenn, hatien, hatiȝen, heatien

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hatian, from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną; equivalent to hate +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːtən/

Verb

haten (third-person singular simple present hateth, present participle hatynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hated)

1. To feel negative emotions towards (something):
   1. To feel dislike or hatred towards (someone).
   2. To hate (someone); to permanently dislike someone.
   3. To view (someone) as beneath oneself; to feel contemptuous towards someone.
   4. (rare) To dislike doing (something).
2. To perform negative acts towards (something):
   1. To attack, punish, or harass (someone).
   2. To refuse or avoid (something); to shun, to scorn.
   3. To ruin; to cause the destruction (of something).
   4. (rare) To be inherently opposed to something.

Conjugation

Conjugation of haten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) haten, hate
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hate	hated
2nd-person singular	hatest	hatedest
3rd-person singular	hateth	hated
subjunctive singular	hate
imperative singular		—
plural1	haten, hate	hateden, hatede
imperative plural	hateth, hate	—
participles	hatynge, hatende	hated, yhated

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: hate
• Scots: hate

References

• “hāten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-16.