vergeten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈɣeːtə(n)/, /vɛrˈɣeːtə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ge‧ten
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vergēten, from Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Verb

vergeten

  1. to forget (lose remembrance of)
    Ik ben zijn naam vergeten.
    I’ve forgotten his name.
  2. to forget (fail to do)
    Ik vergat de deur op slot te doen.
    I forgot to lock the door.
  3. to leave (fail to take)
    Ik heb mijn sleutel thuis vergeten.
    I’ve left my key at home.
Usage notes
  • The perfect tenses of vergeten are predominantly construed with zijn for all senses, but the construction with hebben is equally common in the sense “fail to take”. It is also somewhat common in the sense “fail to do”, but quite rare in the sense “lose memory of”.
Inflection
Inflection of vergeten (strong class 5, prefixed)
infinitive vergeten
past singular vergat
past participle vergeten
infinitive vergeten
gerund vergeten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vergeet vergat
2nd person sing. (jij) vergeet vergat
2nd person sing. (u) vergeet vergat
2nd person sing. (gij) vergeet vergat
3rd person singular vergeet vergat
plural vergeten vergaten
subjunctive sing.1 vergete vergate
subjunctive plur.1 vergeten vergaten
imperative sing. vergeet
imperative plur.1 vergeet
participles vergetend vergeten
1) Archaic.
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vergeten

  1. past participle of vergeten
Inflection
Inflection of vergeten
uninflected vergeten
inflected vergeten
positive
predicative/adverbial vergeten
indefinite m./f. sing. vergeten
n. sing. vergeten
plural vergeten
definite vergeten
partitive vergetens

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorgēten, from Old Saxon fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərˈɡeːtən/, /fərˈɡɛːtən/

Verb

vergeten (past vergeet, past participle vergeten, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to forget
  2. to overlook

Conjugation

Conjugation of vergeten (class 5strong verb)
infinitive vergeten
indicative present preterite
1st person singular vergeet vergeet
2nd person singular vergittst vergeetst
3rd person singular vergitt vergeet
plural vergeet vergeten
imperative present —
singular vergitt, vergeet
plural vergeet
participle present past
vergeten vergeten
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Verb

vergēten

  1. to forget

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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