wette

== Afrikaans == === Noun === wette plural of wet == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wette inflection of wetten: singular past indicative (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wette inflection of wetten: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Hunsrik == === Etymology === See the noun Wett (“wager, bet”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvetə/ Rhymes: -etə Syllabification: wet‧te === Verb === wette to bet === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “wette”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Middle High German == === Alternative forms === wete, wet (attested for both etymologies) wedde (Central German; etymology 1 only) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋet.tə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old High German wetti ==== Noun ==== wette n (genitive singular wettes, plural wette) pledge, deposit, pawn wager (in a bet) payment of a debt fine (financial punishment) ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== German: Wette f → Old Polish: wet === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== wette f (genitive singular wette, plural unattested) law truth, honesty