wetten

See also: Wetten

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.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛtən

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

Conjugation of wetten (weak)
infinitive	wetten
past singular	wette
past participle	gewet
infinitive	wetten
gerund	wetten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	wet	wette
2nd person sing. (jij)	wet	wette
2nd person sing. (u)	wet	wette
2nd person sing. (gij)	wet	wette
3rd person singular	wet	wette
plural	wetten	wetten
subjunctive sing.1	wette	wette
subjunctive plur.1	wetten	wetten
imperative sing.	wet
imperative plur.1	wet
participles	wettend	gewet
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• wetsteen

Noun

wetten

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of wet

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wetten, from Old High German wettōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną. Cognate with Dutch wedden, English wed, Danish vædde, Icelandic veðja.

Pronunciation

• audio (Austria)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtən/, [ˈvɛtn̩]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtn̩

Verb

1. to bet

   wetten, dass… — (try to) make sure that something is safe

Related terms

• Wette

Further reading

• “wetten” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German wettōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną. Cognate with German wetten, Dutch wedden, English wed, Icelandic veðja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvætən/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to bet

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	wetten
participle	gewett
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	wetten	—
2nd singular	wetts	wett
3rd singular	wett	—
1st plural	wetten	—
2nd plural	wett	wett
3rd plural	wetten	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.