different between westen vs wetten

English

Etymology

From Middle English westen, from Old English w?sten (“a desert, waste”), from Proto-Germanic *w?stin? (“a waste, wilderness”).

Noun

westen (plural westens)

1. (obsolete) A waste, wasteland; desert.

Anagrams

• Wentes, newest, newset, tweens

Dutch

Etymology

From west.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

westen n (uncountable)

1. west

   De zon gaat onder in het westen. — The sun sets in the west.

Antonyms

• oost
• oosten

Derived terms

• buiten westen
• westelijk
• noordwesten
• zuidwesten

Anagrams

• wenste

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *w?stin-. Related to Old English w?ste (“void, desolate”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?we?s.ten/

Noun

w?sten ?

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness

Declension

(when neuter)

(when masculine)

(when feminine)

Adjective

w?sten

1. desolate, waste

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: westen
  • English: westen

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English western.

Adjective

westen

1. western

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