vergeten

• IPA^(key): /vərˈɣeːtə(n)/, /vɛrˈɣeːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧ge‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

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

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.

• 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”.

• Afrikaans: vergeet
• Berbice Creole Dutch: frugete, furgete
• Jersey Dutch: verxête
• →? Aukan: fegeete
• →? Kwinti: fregeti
• →? Saramaccan: fèèketè

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vergeten

1. past participle of vergeten

• gevreten

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

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

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

1. to forget
2. to overlook

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

vergēten

1. to forget

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vergeten
  • Afrikaans: vergeet
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: frugete, furgete
  • Jersey Dutch: verxête
  • →? Aukan: fegeete
  • →? Kwinti: fregeti
  • →? Saramaccan: fèèketè
• Limburgish: vergaete

• “vergheten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I