letten

Significat (anglès)

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

Sinònims

in het oog houden

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Etimologia (anglès)

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.