letten

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English

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Verb

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letten

  1. (obsolete) past participle of let

Adjective

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letten (not comparable)

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

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to laat (late) +‎ -en (deadjectival) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtən

Verb

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letten

  1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind [with op ‘to’]
  2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to stop
    Wat let je?What's keeping you?
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to watch, to look, to see

Conjugation

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Conjugation of letten (weak)
infinitive letten
past singular lette
past participle gelet
infinitive letten
gerund letten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular let lette
2nd person sing. (jij) let lette
2nd person sing. (u) let lette
2nd person sing. (gij) let lette
3rd person singular let lette
plural letten letten
subjunctive sing.1 lette lette
subjunctive plur.1 letten letten
imperative sing. let
imperative plur.1 let
participles lettend gelet
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: let

Hungarian

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Etymology

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lett +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛtːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: let‧ten

Adjective

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letten

  1. superessive singular of lett

Noun

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letten

  1. superessive singular of lett

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną.

Verb

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letten

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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letten

  1. definite singular of lett