weten
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“know”), a root perfect from the root *weyd-. The past tense forms is also composed of the regular past tense marker -te.
Verb
weten
- (transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something
- Ik weet hoe die planeet heet. ― I know what that planet is called.
- Ik ken Rusland niet, ik weet niets over dat land. ― I don't know Russia, I don't know anything about that country.
- Ik kan goed koken, maar de Indonesische keuken ken ik eigenlijk niet; ik weet niet eens hoe je nasi goreng klaarmaakt. ― I know how to cook well, but I don't really know Indonesian cuisine; I don't even know how to prepare fried rice.
- (transitive) to remember
- Ik weet nog hoe koud het vorig jaar was. ― I still remember how cold it was last year.
- (auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")
- De Batavieren wisten zich goed te verdedigen tegen de Romeinse aanval. ― The Batavians were able to defend themselves well against the Roman attack.
- Deze partij wist niet eerder de kiesdrempel te halen. ― This party was not able to reach the electoral threshold before.
- Weet jij een leuk cafeetje hier in de buurt? – Ik weet er een paar te zitten, maar ik ken er maar eentje echt goed. ― Do you know a nice pub around here? – I can locate a few, but I only know one of them really well.
- 2003, Marylin Simons, Carrousel, Paramaribo: Okopipi, →ISBN, page 53:
- Die overgrootmoeder van me, ze was eigenlijk niet van hier, als je goed berekent. Is van Bridgetown was ze. ‘Bados’ zeggen die mensen van daar want ze weten niet als wij te praten. Badyan... is Badyan praten ze daar, een soort van Negerengels ma' toch een beetje anders als van ons.
- My great-grandmother, she was actually not from here, strictly speaking. From Bridgetown, she was. 'Bados', the local people say, because they can't speak like us. Bajan... Bajan, they speak there, a kind of Creole, but still a bit different from ours.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of weten (preterite-present) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | weten | |||
| past singular | wist | |||
| past participle | geweten | |||
| infinitive | weten | |||
| gerund | weten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | weet | wist | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | weet | wist | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | weet | wist | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | weet | wist | ||
| 3rd person singular | weet | wist | ||
| plural | weten | wisten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wete | wiste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | weten | wisten | ||
| imperative sing. | weet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | weet | |||
| participles | wetend | geweten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
weten
- inflection of wijten:
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēten, from Old Saxon witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.
Verb
weten (past singular wüss, past participle wüsst, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (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
| infinitive | weten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | weet | wüss |
| 2nd person singular | weetst/weeßt | wüsst |
| 3rd person singular | weet | wüss |
| plural | weet | wüssen |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | — | |
| plural | — | |
| participle | present | past |
| weten | weten, wüsst | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Conjugation of weten (preterite-present)
Synonyms
Etymology
From Old Dutch witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde.
Verb
wēten
- to know (knowledge)
- to know (person)
- to get to know, to learn of, to be made aware of (a fact)
- (auxiliary, with te) to be able to
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “weten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “weten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Etymology
From Old Saxon witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ē¹
Verb
wēten
- to know (knowledge)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- German Low German: wetten, wieten
Etymology
Noun
weten
- homeland, home country
- motherland, fatherland, mother country
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