vatten

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier vaten, from Middle Dutch vaten, from Old Dutch *faton, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Equivalent to vat + -en. The short a was introduced by analogy with the uninflected singular form of the noun vat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑtə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑtən

Verb

vatten

  1. (transitive) to grasp
  2. (transitive) to grasp mentally, to understand
  3. (transitive) to catch, to apprehend
  4. (transitive) to catch, to be afflicted with (an infectuous disease)

Inflection

Inflection of vatten (weak)
infinitive vatten
past singular vatte
past participle gevat
infinitive vatten
gerund vatten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vatvatte
2nd person sing. (jij) vatvatte
2nd person sing. (u) vatvatte
2nd person sing. (gij) vatvatte
3rd person singular vatvatte
plural vattenvatten
subjunctive sing.1 vattevatte
subjunctive plur.1 vattenvatten
imperative sing. vat
imperative plur.1 vat
participles vattendgevat
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vat
  • Negerhollands: vat, fat

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vǎtɛn/, [vǎt̪ːən̪]
  • (file)

Noun

vatten n

  1. (uncountable) water
  2. (countable) a body of water

Declension

Declension of vatten 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vatten vattnet vatten vattnen
Genitive vattens vattnets vattens vattnens

References

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