different between letten vs litten

English

Verb

letten

1. (archaic) past participle of let

Adjective

letten (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Let; demised, leased.

References

• NED VI:i (1908), page 218

Anagrams

• nettle, telnet

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?(n)/
• Rhymes: -?t?n

Verb

letten

1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind [+ op (object) = to]
2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to stop
3. (transitive, dialectal) to watch, to look, to see

Inflection

Derived terms

• beletten
• opletten

Hungarian

Etymology

lett +? -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?t??n]
• Hyphenation: let?ten

Adjective

letten

1. superessive singular of lett

Noun

letten

1. superessive singular of lett

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjan?.

Verb

letten

1. to hinder, to slow
2. to stop, to halt
3. to delay, to wait
4. to disadvantage, to harm

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: letten
• Limburgish: lètte

Further reading

• “letten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “letten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Swedish

Noun

letten

1. definite singular of lett

English

Etymology

Pseudo-archaic formation from lit +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?n

Verb

litten

1. (archaic) past participle of light
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:

     They’ve been inside the earth, too—there are openings which human beings know nothing of—some of them in these very Vermont hills—and great worlds of unknown life down there; blue-litten K’n-yan, red-litten Yoth, and black, lightless N’kai.

Derived terms

• moonlitten
• starlitten

Anagrams

• TELINT, lettin'

German

Pronunciation

Verb

litten

1. inflection of leiden:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II