different between letten vs wetten

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

From wet +? -en.

Verb

wetten (third-person singular simple present wettens, present participle wettening, simple past and past participle wettened)

1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet
   • 1951, Truman Capote, The Grass Harp, Vintage Books (2012), ?ISBN, page 73:

     Her eyelids drooped as though the lashes weighed intolerably; with the tip of her tongue she wettened her very red lips.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?(n)/
• Hyphenation: wet?ten
• Rhymes: -?t?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wetten, from Old Dutch *wetten, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan?.

Verb

wetten

1. To whet, hone or rub on with something for the purpose of sharpening an object (typically a blade)
2. (figuratively) To prepare, make preparations.

Inflection

Derived terms

• wetsteen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

wetten

1. Plural form of wet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wetten, from Old High German wett?n, from Proto-West Germanic *waddj?n, from Proto-Germanic *wadj?n?. Cognate with Dutch wedden, English wed, Danish vædde, Icelandic veðja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?t?n/, [?v?tn?]
• Rhymes: -?tn?

Verb

wetten (weak, third-person singular present wettet, past tense wettete, past participle gewettet, auxiliary haben)

1. to bet

2. (colloquial) to be nearly certain of

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Wetten

Related terms

• Wette

Further reading

• “wetten” in Duden online
• “wetten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German wetten, from Old High German wett?n, from Proto-West Germanic *waddj?n, from Proto-Germanic *wadj?n?.

Cognate with German wetten, Dutch wedden, English wed, Icelandic veðja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væt?n/

Verb

wetten (third-person singular present wett, past participle gewett, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to bet

Conjugation