See also: Wette

Afrikaans

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Noun

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wette

  1. plural of wet

Dutch

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wette

  1. inflection of wetten:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

German

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wette

  1. inflection of wetten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

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wette

  1. to bet

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Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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  • wete, wet (attested for both etymologies)
  • wedde (Central German; etymology 1 only)

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German wetti, from Proto-Germanic *wadją.

Noun

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wette n (genitive singular wettes, plural wette)

  1. pledge, deposit, pawn
  2. wager (in a bet)
  3. payment of a debt
  4. fine (financial punishment)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • German: Wette f
  • Old Polish: wet

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wette, from Proto-Germanic *witōþą. Doublet of inherited wizzōt (sacrament). The word is attested only in Malagīs (translation of the Middle Dutch Malegijs) and in the works of Brun von Schönebeck (from Low German Magdeburg). However, the Dutch borrowing was alive in Ripuarian, where it is attested in actual use in the 16th century, and where it survived until the 20th century in the expression enge Wette stelle (to make strict rules).

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wette f (genitive singular wette, plural unattested)

  1. law
  2. truth, honesty