weten hoe laat het is

Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Conjugation of weten hoe laat het is: see weten, zijn.
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