spijten
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch spiten, equivalent to spijt + -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editspijten
- (transitive) to cause regret to, to cause to be sorry
- Zijn daden speten hem.
- He regretted his deeds. (His deeds caused him regret.)
- (impersonal) to regret, to be sorry
- Het spijt me.
- I regret it.
Usage notes
editUsually, no explicit subject is given, and the verb is used impersonally with the dummy pronoun het, in the sense that something is "being the regret to one" or "it is one's regret", which could be rendered in English as "It spites me".
Conjugation
editConjugation of spijten (strong class 1) | ||||
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infinitive | spijten | |||
past singular | speet | |||
past participle | gespeten | |||
infinitive | spijten | |||
gerund | spijten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | spijt | speet | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | spijt | speet | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | spijt | speet | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | spijt | speet | ||
3rd person singular | spijt | speet | ||
plural | spijten | speten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | spijte | spete | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | spijten | speten | ||
imperative sing. | spijt | |||
imperative plur.1 | spijt | |||
participles | spijtend | gespeten | ||
1) Archaic. |
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