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Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) awareness, knowledge
2. (feminine) knowledge; science
3. (archaic, feminine) notice; advertisement

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, third-person) inflection of weten:
2. (form-of, imperative) inflection of weten:
3. (form-of, indicative, past, singular) singular past indicative of wijten

weten

1. (transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something
2. (transitive) to remember
3. (auxiliary) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")

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wijten

to blame

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋeːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wete

In summary

From Middle Dutch wete. See the verb weten (“to know”).

Sentences

Iedereen weet dat de meeste banken te groot zijn om failliet te laten gaan .

Everyone knows that most banks are too big to be allowed to go bankrupt.

Soms weet ik niet zeker of een bepaald woord correct Nederlands is .

Sometimes I'm not sure if a certain word is correctly Dutch.

Niemand weet goed wat ze gaan doen met de weeskinderen .

No one knows what they will do with the orphans.

Ik weet dat u altijd snelle en efficiënte resultaten wenst .

I remember that you all always want quick, swift, efficient delivery.

Weet u nog hoe het zat met de handelsakkoorden?

Do you remember trade agreements?

Ik weet niet hoe u uw handelwijze kunt verantwoorden .

I don't known how you can justify it.