vergetel

Dutch

Alternative forms

• verghetel, vergheetel, vergeetel

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vergetel, from Old Dutch *fargetal, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetul, an adjective based on the verb *fragetan (whence vergeten). Obsolete since the 17th century.

Adjective

vergetel (comparative vergeteler, superlative vergetelst)

1. (obsolete) forgetful

   Synonym: vergeetachtig

Inflection

Declension of vergetel
uninflected	vergetel
inflected	vergetele
comparative	vergeteler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vergetel	vergeteler	het vergetelst het vergetelste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vergetele	vergetelere	vergetelste
	n. sing.	vergetel	vergeteler	vergetelste
	plural	vergetele	vergetelere	vergetelste
definite		vergetele	vergetelere	vergetelste
partitive		vergetels	vergetelers	—

Derived terms

• vergetelboek
• vergetelheid

 

Related terms

• vergeten

 

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• verghetel

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fargetal, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetul.

Adjective

vergētel

1. forgetful

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• onvergētel
• vergētelheit

 

Related terms

• vergēten

 

Descendants

• Dutch: vergetel, verghetel, vergheetel, vergeetel

Further reading

• “verghetel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergetel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN