vergeten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch vergēten, from Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.
Verb edit
vergeten
- to forget (lose remembrance of)
- Ik ben zijn naam vergeten.
- I’ve forgotten his name.
- to forget (fail to do)
- Ik vergat de deur op slot te doen.
- I forgot to lock the door.
- to leave (fail to take)
- Ik heb mijn sleutel thuis vergeten.
- I’ve left my key at home.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
| Conjugation 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. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: vergeet
- Berbice Creole Dutch: frugete, furgete
- Jersey Dutch: verxête
- →? Aukan: fegeete
- →? Kwinti: fregeti
- →? Saramaccan: fèèketè
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
vergeten
- past participle of vergeten
Inflection edit
| 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 | |||
Anagrams edit
Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German vorgēten, from Old Saxon fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vergeten (past vergeet, past participle vergeten, auxiliary verb hebben)
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.
Verb edit
vergēten
- to forget
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “vergheten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I