vatten
Meaning
- (transitive) to grasp
- (transitive) to grasp mentally, to understand
- (transitive) to catch, to apprehend
- (transitive) to catch, to be afflicted with (an infectuous disease)
Concepts
captivate
Synonyms
vastpakken
beetkrijgen
vastgrijpen
vastnemen
toegrijpen
verbeurd verklaren
er een handvat aanzetten
in hechtenis nemen
gewaar worden
in beslag nemen
in een lijst zetten
inlijsten
konfiskeren
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɑtə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From earlier vaten, from Middle Dutch vaten, from Old Dutch *faton, from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Equivalent to vat + -en. The short a was introduced by analogy with the uninflected singular form of the noun vat.
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