"weet" meaning in Afrikaans

See weet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /vɪət/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-weet.wav Forms: weet [present], wetende [participle, present], wis [past], geweet [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch weten (“to know”), from Middle Dutch weten, from Old Dutch witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Related to English wit. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|weten||to know}} Dutch weten (“to know”), {{inh|af|dum|weten}} Middle Dutch weten, {{inh|af|odt|witan}} Old Dutch witan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*witaną}} Proto-Germanic *witaną, {{der|af|ine-pro|*weyd-||see, know}} Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”) Head templates: {{af-verb}} weet (present weet, present participle wetende, past wis, past participle geweet)
  1. to know
    Sense id: en-weet-af-verb-Vk7G5aRj Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. to be aware of
    Sense id: en-weet-af-verb-hc1-Mpnw Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wiet [Cape-Afrikaans]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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