weten hoe laat het is

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally, to know how late it is, or more loosely translated as to know the time. Compare English know what's o'clock.

Verb

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weten hoe laat het is

  1. (idiomatic) to know what is what; to understand what's really going on
    Toen de man aan de deur over Jezus begon, wist ik meteen hoe laat het was.When the man at the door started talking about Jesus, I immediately knew where this was going.

Conjugation

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