vergeten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vərˈɣeːtə(n)/, /vɛrˈɣeːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧ge‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vergēten, from Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Verb

vergeten

1. to forget (lose remembrance of)

   Ik ben zijn naam vergeten.

   I’ve forgotten his name.

2. to forget (fail to do)

   Ik vergat de deur op slot te doen.

   I forgot to lock the door.

3. to leave (fail to take)

   Ik heb mijn sleutel thuis vergeten.

   I’ve left my key at home.

Usage notes

• 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

Inflection 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

• onvergetelijk
• vergeetachtig

 

Related terms

• vergetel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vergeet
• Berbice Creole Dutch: frugete, furgete
• Jersey Dutch: verxête
• →? Aukan: fegeete
• →? Kwinti: fregeti
• →? Saramaccan: fèèketè

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vergeten

1. past participle of vergeten

Inflection

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

• gevreten

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorgēten, from Old Saxon fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fərˈɡeːtən/, /fərˈɡɛːtən/

Verb

vergeten (past vergeet, past participle vergeten, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to forget
2. to overlook

Conjugation

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

Etymology

From Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.

Verb

vergēten

1. to forget

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vergeten
  • Afrikaans: vergeet
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: frugete, furgete
  • Jersey Dutch: verxête
  • →? Aukan: fegeete
  • →? Kwinti: fregeti
  • →? Saramaccan: fèèketè
• Limburgish: vergaete

Further reading

• “vergheten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I