Dutch

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Etymology

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From ver- +‎ rotten.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtən

Verb

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verrotten

  1. (intransitive) to rot, to decompose

Inflection

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Conjugation of verrotten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verrotten
past singular verrotte
past participle verrot
infinitive verrotten
gerund verrotten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verrot verrotte
2nd person sing. (jij) verrot verrotte
2nd person sing. (u) verrot verrotte
2nd person sing. (gij) verrot verrotte
3rd person singular verrot verrotte
plural verrotten verrotten
subjunctive sing.1 verrotte verrotte
subjunctive plur.1 verrotten verrotten
imperative sing. verrot
imperative plur.1 verrot
participles verrottend verrot
1) Archaic.

Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: froto
  • Negerhollands: verrot, frot
    • Virgin Islands Creole: frot (dated)

German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vorrotten, a compounding of vor- and rotten.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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verrotten (weak, third-person singular present verrottet, past tense verrottete, past participle verrottet, auxiliary sein)

  1. to rot

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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