vergen
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PronunciationEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch vergen, from Old Dutch *fergon, from Proto-Germanic *fergōną.
Cognate with Old Saxon fergon, West Frisian fergje, German fergen, Old Norse fergja.
VerbEdit
vergen
- (transitive) To demand, utter/pose a requirement
- Kapitein Bligh vergt absolute gehoorzaamheid, op straffe van geseling
- Capain Bligh demands absolute obedience, at pain of flogging
- Kapitein Bligh vergt absolute gehoorzaamheid, op straffe van geseling
- (transitive) To require, necessitate
- Het vergde z'n laatste greintje moed om z'n zwembroek te laten zakken, maar de regels vergen nu eenmaal dat billenkoek wordt gegeven met de broek op de enkels
- It demanded his last ounce of courage to drop his swimming trunks, but the rules just demand a spanking to be given with the trousers on the ankles
- Het vergde z'n laatste greintje moed om z'n zwembroek te laten zakken, maar de regels vergen nu eenmaal dat billenkoek wordt gegeven met de broek op de enkels
- (obsolete) To ask, inquire
- (obsolete) To offer, grant
- (obsolete) To taunt, bother
- (obsolete) To seek, search
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of vergen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vergen | |||
| past singular | vergde | |||
| past participle | gevergd | |||
| infinitive | vergen | |||
| gerund | vergen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verg | vergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vergt | vergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vergt | vergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vergt | vergde | ||
| 3rd person singular | vergt | vergde | ||
| plural | vergen | vergden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verge | vergde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vergen | vergden | ||
| imperative sing. | verg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vergt | |||
| participles | vergend | gevergd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||