vatten

Signification

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)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvɑtə(n)/

Étymologie

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