02-06-2024, 12:49 AM
So the apostrophe (if you use it) becomes a completely different word.
With ‘valden’ it is almost certainly ‘walden’. The insertion of ‘v’ as in ‘vasser zu wasser’ water. ‘valden/walden’ is another word for "geschehen" happen.
Heute: Etwas walten lassen, lasse es walten. Etwas geschehen lassen. Lasse es geschehen. Today: let something happen, let it happen.

