weten

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: we‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

From Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“know”), a root perfect from the root *weyd-. The past tense forms is also composed of the regular past tense marker -te.

weten

1. (transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something

   Ik weet hoe die planeet heet.

   I know what that planet is called.

   Lars kent Emma, weet je dat? — Ja, ik weet dat Lars Emma kent.

   Lars knows Emma, do you know? - Yes, I know that Lars knows Emma.

   Ik ken Rusland niet, ik weet niets over dat land.

   I don't know Russia, I don't know anything about that country.

   Ik kan goed koken, maar de Indonesische keuken ken ik eigenlijk niet; ik weet niet eens hoe je nasi goreng klaarmaakt.

   I know how to cook well, but I don't really know Indonesian cuisine; I don't even know how to prepare fried rice.

2. (transitive) to remember

   Ik weet nog hoe koud het vorig jaar was.

   I still remember how cold it was last year.

3. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way 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.

   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.

   Weet jij een leuk cafeetje hier in de buurt? – Ik weet er een paar te zitten, maar ik ken er maar eentje echt goed.

   Do you know a nice pub around here? I can locate a few, but I only know one of them really well.

• onwetend
• te weten
• wetenschap

• Afrikaans: weet
• Jersey Dutch: wête
• Negerhollands: weet
• Skepi Creole Dutch: guet

• kennen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

weten

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of wijten

• weent

• witen

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

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”

• kennen

From Old Dutch witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde.

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. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: weten
  • Afrikaans: weet
• Limburgish: weite, wiete

• “weten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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

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

wēten

1. to know (knowledge)

• wetten

• German Low German: wetten, wieten

From Arabic وَطَن‎ (waṭan).

weten m

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