letten

  1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind
  2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to hinder, to stop
  3. (dialectal, transitive) to watch, to look, to see

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɛtə(n)/
Etymology

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.

Related words

in het oog houden

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