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

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɔlˈdun/
Etymology

In summary

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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