voldoen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, to meet
  2. (intransitive) to suffice
  3. (transitive) to pay in full (a sum of money owed)
  4. (archaic,transitive) to fulfil, to complete
  5. (obsolete,transitive) to redeem, to atone

Synonyms

voldoende zijn

toereikend zijn

tegemoetkomen aan

paaien

tevreden stellen

vereffenen

genoeg zijn

geschikt zijn

tevredenstellen

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
vol‧doen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɔlˈdun/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch voldoen, from Old Dutch *folduon, from Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn, equivalent to vol- + doen. Cognate with Old English fuldōn (whence English fulldo), Middle High German voltuon, volletuon.

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