vatten

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Dutch

Etymology

From earlier vaten, from Middle Dutch vaten, from Old Dutch *faton, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Equivalent to vat +‎ -en. The short a was introduced by analogy with the uninflected singular form of the noun vat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑtə(n)/
  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑtən

Verb

vatten

  1. (transitive) to grasp
  2. (transitive) to grasp mentally, to understand
  3. (transitive) to catch, to apprehend
  4. (transitive) to catch, to be afflicted with (an infectuous disease)

Inflection

Conjugation of vatten (weak)
infinitive vatten
past singular vatte
past participle gevat
infinitive vatten
gerund vatten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vat vatte
2nd person sing. (jij) vat vatte
2nd person sing. (u) vat vatte
2nd person sing. (gij) vat vatte
3rd person singular vat vatte
plural vatten vatten
subjunctive sing.1 vatte vatte
subjunctive plur.1 vatten vatten
imperative sing. vat
imperative plur.1 vat
participles vattend gevat
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vat
  • Negerhollands: vat, fat

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

vatten n

  1. (uncountable) water
  2. (countable) a body of water

Declension

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