wetten
English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]wetten (third-person singular simple present wettens, present participle wettening, simple past and past participle wettened)
- (nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet
- 1951, Truman Capote, The Grass Harp, Vintage Books, published 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch wetten, from Old Dutch *wetten, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.
Verb
[edit]wetten
- to whet, hone or rub on with something for the purpose of sharpening an object (typically a blade)
- (figuratively) to prepare, make preparations
- (poetic) to point as a weapon
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of wetten (weak) | ||||
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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
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]wetten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wetten, from Old High German wettōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną. Cognate with Dutch wedden, English wed, Danish vædde, Icelandic veðja, Yiddish וועטן (vetn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wetten (weak, third-person singular present wettet, past tense wettete, past participle gewettet, auxiliary haben)
- to bet
- (colloquial) to be nearly certain of
- Ich wette, Lisa wartet schon auf uns. ― I bet Lisa is waiting for us already.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wetten | ||||
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present participle | wettend | ||||
past participle | gewettet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wette | wir wetten | i | ich wette | wir wetten |
du wettest | ihr wettet | du wettest | ihr wettet | ||
er wettet | sie wetten | er wette | sie wetten | ||
preterite | ich wettete | wir wetteten | ii | ich wettete1 | wir wetteten1 |
du wettetest | ihr wettetet | du wettetest1 | ihr wettetet1 | ||
er wettete | sie wetteten | er wettete1 | sie wetteten1 | ||
imperative | wett (du) wette (du) |
wettet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “wetten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wetten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wetten” in Duden online
- “wetten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wetten, from Old High German wettōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną.
Cognate with German wetten, Dutch wedden, English wed, Icelandic veðja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wetten (third-person singular present wett, past participle gewett, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to bet
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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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. |
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