blaten

• bleten, blèten (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch blaten, bleten, from Old Dutch *blāten, *blēten, from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧ten
• Rhymes: -aːtən

blaten

1. (intransitive) to bleat, produce the typical baa sound of sheep
2. (intransitive) to speak as pointlessly as if it were gibberish

   Hou op met blaten over je brommer, dat interesseert me geen reet.

   Stop blabbering about your moped, I don't give a shit about that.

• blaren, blèren
• mekkeren

• geblaat