letten

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind
2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to stop
3. (dialectal,transitive) to watch, to look, to see

Sinonieme

in het oog houden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to laat (“late”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.