vatten

Betekenis (Engels)

  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)

Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈvɑtə(n)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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