Danish

Noun

spotten

1. singular definite of spot

Noun

spotten

1. gerund of spotte
   • 2013, Jakob Böhme, Vejen til Kristus, BoD – Books on Demand (ISBN 9788771455724), 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 9788758813059)

     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)/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

spotten

1. (intransitive) to mock, deride

Inflection

Derived terms

• bespotten

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English spot.

Verb

spotten

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• spotter

German

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. to scoff, jeer

Conjugation

Related terms

• Spott, verspotten