vatten

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier vaten, from Middle Dutch vaten, from Old Dutch *faton, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Equivalent to vat +‎ -en. The short a was introduced by analogy with the uninflected singular form of the noun vat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑtə(n)/
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Verb

vatten

  1. (transitive) to grasp
  2. (transitive) to grasp mentally, to understand
  3. (transitive) to catch, to apprehend
  4. (transitive) to catch, to be afflicted with (a disease)

Inflection

Inflection of vatten (weak)
infinitive vatten
past singular vatte
past participle gevat
infinitive vatten
gerund vatten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular vat vatte
2nd person sing. (jij) vat vatte
2nd person sing. (u) vat vatte
2nd person sing. (gij) vat vatte
3rd person singular vat vatte
plural vatten vatten
subjunctive sing.1 vatte vatte
subjunctive plur.1 vatten vatten
imperative sing. vat
imperative plur.1 vat
participles vattend gevat
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvatːɛn/
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Noun

vatten n

  1. water (uncountable)
  2. a body of water (countable)

Declension

Declension of vatten 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vatten vattnet vatten vattnen
Genitive vattens vattnets vattens vattnens

References

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