German

Noun

Wetten

1. plural of Wette

English

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 978-0-679-74557-0, page 73:

     Her eyelids drooped as though the lashes weighed intolerably; with the tip of her tongue she wettened her very red lips.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

• wetsteen

Noun

wetten

1. Plural form of wet

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtən/, [ˈvɛtn̩]

Verb

wetten ‎(third-person singular simple present wettet, past tense wettete, past participle gewettet, auxiliary haben)

1. to bet

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• Wette

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