weten

(Anglès)

  1. (transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something
  2. (transitive) to remember
  3. (auxiliary) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")

wijten

to blame

Freqüència

A1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈʋeːtə(n)/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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.

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