ontmoeten

  1. to meet
  2. to encounter, come across

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɔntˈmu.tə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch ontmoeten, untmuten, entmuten, from ont- + moeten. The latter verb is from Old Dutch *muoten, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”) and is unrelated to modern Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”). The unprefixed form is cognate to Low German möten, West Frisian moetsje, English meet, Danish møde.

Related words

لَقِيَ

encontrarse con

spotykać

اِلْتَقَى

يُلَاقِي

يَلْتَقِي

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