whet

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
2. To stimulate or make more keen.
3. (obsolete) To preen.

wetzen

schärfen

scharf machen

umherbummeln

lustwandeln

scharf schleifen

herumspazieren

be sharpened

fille

make keen

make sharp

drag one’s feet

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈwɛt/

From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan (“to whet, sharpen, incite, encourage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to incite, sharpen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”), German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”), Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”), dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”).