letten

Betekenis

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Etymologie

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.