verzaken

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word verzaken. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word verzaken, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say verzaken in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word verzaken you have here. The definition of the word verzaken will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofverzaken, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch versāken, from Old Dutch farsacan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (to forsake, renounce). Compare English forsake, Norwegian forsake, Danish forsage and Swedish försaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈzaː.kə(n)/, /vɛrˈzaː.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧za‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

verzaken

  1. (transitive) to renounce, to abandon
  2. (transitive) to neglect, to abandon
  3. (transitive) to betray, to abandon

Inflection

Inflection of verzaken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verzaken
past singular verzaakte
past participle verzaakt
infinitive verzaken
gerund verzaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verzaak verzaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) verzaakt verzaakte
2nd person sing. (u) verzaakt verzaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) verzaakt verzaakte
3rd person singular verzaakt verzaakte
plural verzaken verzaakten
subjunctive sing.1 verzake verzaakte
subjunctive plur.1 verzaken verzaakten
imperative sing. verzaak
imperative plur.1 verzaakt
participles verzakend verzaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: versaak