letten

Senso (Inglese)

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

sinonimi

in het oog houden

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: letten

Ereditato da Old Dutch: *letten

In summary

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.