vechten

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vechten, from Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-. Cognate with English fight and German fechten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛxtə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: vech‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛxtən

Verb

vechten

  1. (intransitive) to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of vechten (strong class 3b)
infinitive vechten
past singular vocht
past participle gevochten
infinitive vechten
gerund vechten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vecht vocht
2nd person sing. (jij) vecht vocht
2nd person sing. (u) vecht vocht
2nd person sing. (gij) vecht vocht
3rd person singular vecht vocht
plural vechten vochten
subjunctive sing.1 vechte vochte
subjunctive plur.1 vechten vochten
imperative sing. vecht
imperative plur.1 vecht
participles vechtend gevochten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: veg
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: purkaru
  • Negerhollands: vekkete, fegete, figiti, fikiti
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: fikiti (dated)

Low German

Verb

vechten

  1. Alternative spelling of fechten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.

Verb

vechten

  1. to fight
  2. to battle

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive vechten
3rd sg. past vacht
3rd pl. past vochten
Past participle gevochten
Infinitive vechten
In genitive vechtens
In dative vechtene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular vechte vacht
2nd singular vechts, vechtes vochts, vochtes
3rd singular vecht, vechtet vacht
1st plural vechten vochten
2nd plural vecht, vechtet vocht, vochtet
3rd plural vechten vochten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular vechte vochte
2nd singular vechts, vechtes vochtes
3rd singular vechte vochte
1st plural vechten vochten
2nd plural vecht, vechtet vochtet
3rd plural vechten vochten
Imperative Present
Singular vecht, vechte
Plural vecht, vechtet
Present Past
Participle vechtende gevochten

Descendants

Further reading

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.

Cognate with English fight, Dutch vechten and German fechten.

Pronunciation

Verb

vechten

  1. to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of vechten as a class 3b strong verb
Plain Infinitive vechten
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô vechtene or tô vechtende
Verbal Noun vechten or vechtent
Participles Imperatives
Present vechtende 2nd Person Singular vecht
Past gevuchten 2nd Person Plural vechtet
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular vechte vacht vechte vüchte
2nd Person Singular vechtest or vechtst vuchtest or vüchtest vechtest vüchtest
3rd Person Singular vechtet or vecht vacht vechtet vüchte
Plural vechten (vechtet?) vuchten or vüchten vechten vüchten

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