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letten.

to pay attention, to mind

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈlɛtə(n)/
  1. to pay attention, to mind

    transitive
  2. to prevent from doing something, to keep, to hinder, to stop

    transitive
    Wat let je?
  3. to watch, to look, to see

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to laat (“late”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.

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