Dutch

Verb

weten

1. to know (knowledge)
2. (weten te) to be able to

   De Frisii waren een Germaans volk en net als verscheidene andere Germaanse volkeren wisten ze zich fel te verdedigen tegen de Romeinen. Toch moesten de Frisii zich in het jaar 12 onderwerpen doordat veldheer Drusus hen wist te verslaan.

   The Frisii were a Germanic people and just like various other Germanic peoples they were able to fiercely defend themselves against the Romans. Nevertheless, the Frisii had to subject themselves in the year 12 because warlord Drusus was able to defeat them.

   De voornamelijk op lokaal niveau succesvolle partij Freie Wähler weet voor het eerst ergens op deelstaatniveau de kiesdrempel te halen.

   Through state elections in Bavaria the CSU does not gain, for the first time since 1962, the absolute majority in the state parliament. The party Freie Wähler, successful primarily at the local level, is able for the first time to achieve the election threshold somewhere at the state level. (headline: 28 September 2008)

Inflection

Derived terms

• onwetendheid
• te weten
• wetenschap

Descendants

• Afrikaans: weet

See also

• kennen (to know a person, a thing)

Verb

weten

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of wijten

Anagrams

• weent

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēten, from Old Saxon witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

weten (past singular wüss, past participle wüsst, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (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

Synonyms

• kennen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‎(“see, know”).

Verb

wēten

1. to know (knowledge)
2. to know (person)
3. to get to know, to learn of, to be made aware of (a fact)
4. (with te + infinitive) to be able to

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: weten

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ē¹
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /wɪətən/

Etymology

From Old Saxon witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‎(“see, know”). Compare Dutch weten, German wissen, archaic English wit, Danish vide.

Verb

wēten

1. to know (knowledge)

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic وَطَن ‎(waṭan).

Noun

weten ?

1. homeland, home country
2. motherland, fatherland, mother country