weet

Meaning

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

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋeːt/

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

New

weten

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

New

wijten

to blame

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An user

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.

An user

Ik weet dat dit moeilijke onderhandelingen zijn geweest over een technisch en complex onderwerp .

I know this has been a difficult negotiation and the subject matter is technical and complex.

An user

Soms weet ik niet
🚫

zeker of een bepaald woord correct Nederlands is .

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

An user

Niemand weet goed
👍

wat ze gaan doen met de weeskinderen .

No one knows what they will do with the orphans.

An user

Ik weet dat u altijd snelle en efficiënte resultaten wenst .

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

An user

Weet u nog hoe het zat met de handelsakkoorden?

Do you remember trade agreements?

An user

Ik weet niet
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hoe u uw handelwijze kunt verantwoorden .

I don't known how you can justify it.

An user

U weet wat vandaag de dag de strekking is .

Yet you know how we tend to reason today.