weten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeːtə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“know”), a root perfect from the root *weyd-.

Verb

weten

  1. (transitive) to know (knowledge)
    Ik weet hoe die planeet heet.
    I know what that planet is called.
  2. (transitive) to remember
    Ik weet nog hoe koud het vorig jaar was.
    I still remember how cold it was last year.
  3. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")
    De Frisii waren een Germaans volk en net als verscheidene andere Germaanse volkeren wisten ze zich fel te verdedigen tegen de Romeinen. Toch moesten de Frisii zich in het jaar 12 onderwerpen doordat veldheer Drusus hen wist te verslaan.
    The Frisii were a Germanic people and just like various other Germanic peoples they were able to fiercely defend themselves against the Romans. Nevertheless, the Frisii had to subject themselves in the year 12 because warlord Drusus was able to defeat them.
    De voornamelijk op lokaal niveau succesvolle partij Freie Wähler weet voor het eerst ergens op deelstaatniveau de kiesdrempel te halen.
    The party Freie Wähler, successful primarily at the local level, is able for the first time to achieve the election threshold somewhere at the state level.
Inflection
Inflection of weten (preterite-present)
infinitive weten
past singular wist
past participle geweten
infinitive weten
gerund weten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular weetwist
2nd person sing. (jij) weetwist
2nd person sing. (u) weetwist
2nd person sing. (gij) weetwist
3rd person singular weetwist
plural wetenwisten
subjunctive sing.1 wetewiste
subjunctive plur.1 wetenwisten
imperative sing. weet
imperative plur.1 weet
participles wetendgeweten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

weten

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of wijten

Anagrams

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēten, from Old Saxon witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

weten (past singular wüss, past participle wüsst, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
    Ik weet, woneem du büst. — “I know where you are.”
    vun wat weten — “to know about something”

Conjugation

Synonyms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde.

Verb

wēten

  1. to know (knowledge)
  2. to know (person)
  3. to get to know, to learn of, to be made aware of (a fact)
  4. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “weten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “weten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

Pronunciation

  • Stem vowel: ē¹
    • (originally) IPA(key): /wɪətən/

Verb

wēten

  1. to know (knowledge)

Alternative forms

Descendants

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic وَطَن‎ (waṭan).

Noun

weten ?

  1. homeland, home country
  2. motherland, fatherland, mother country
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