haten

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaːtə(n)/

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

haten

1. (transitive) to hate

• hater

• haat

• Afrikaans: haat
• Negerhollands: hat

haten

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːtən/

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.

• English: hate
• Scots: hate

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