benetzen
Meaning
to moisten; to wet (a surface)
Concepts
Synonyms
anfeuchten
mit Wasser begießen
mit Fett begießen
nass werden
überschütten
vor Anker gehen
feucht machen
Translations
bagnare
mojar
mouiller
molhar
begieten
regarPronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈnɛt͡sən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German benetzen, from Old High German binezzen, derived from nezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *nattjan, from Proto-Germanic *natjaną, from *nataz (“wet”), whence German nass. Equivalent to be- + netzen, which simplex is highly archaic. The relation with nass is typically not recognised by contemporary speakers, who may in fact associate it with Netz (“net”), as if meaning “to coat with a film of liquid as with a net”.
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