ver-

• IPA^(key): /vər/

The result of a merger of two Middle Dutch suffixes:

• Middle Dutch er-, an unstressed variant of ur-, or- (modern oor-), from Old Dutch ur-, ir-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
• Middle Dutch ver-, from Old Dutch fir-, far-, itself from a mixture of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *fur-, *fra- and other similar particles.

The first origin is cognate with Old High German ur-, ir- (German ur-, er-), Old English ā-, Gothic 𐌿𐌶- (us-).

The second origin is cognate with Old English for- (English for-), Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂- (fair-), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-), 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-).

ver-

1. to do or to become what the stem (following this prefix) refers to

   ‎ver- + ‎minder (“less, fewer”) → ‎verminderen (“to reduce”)

2. used to indicate that the action (referred to by the stem) has a negative connotation (for the direct object of the stem)

   ‎ver- + ‎werpen (“to throw”) → ‎verwerpen (“to reject”)

   ‎ver- + ‎oordelen (“judge”) → ‎veroordelen (“to condemn”)

3. to move or change in the manner specified by the stem

   ‎ver- + ‎deel (“a part”) → ‎verdelen (“to split into parts”)

nouns

verbs

A contraction of older van der (“of the”)[1], which is also common in surnames.

ver-

1. A prefix found as part of surnames, found mainly in the southern Netherlands and in Belgium.

From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.

ver-

1. -in-law.

• Originally and officially, this prefix only refers to the husband's in-laws; however, colloquially, it is also used for the wife's in-laws.

• verdóttir
• verfaðir
• vermóðir
• versonur

From Middle High German ver-, from Old High German far-, from a mixture of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *fur-, *fra- and other similar particles. Cognate with English for-, Dutch ver-, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂- (fair-), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-), 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-).

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯/ (official standard)
• IPA^(key): /fɐ/ (more common; except when provided with emphatic stress)

ver-

1. Inseparable verbal prefix for-

   vergeben (“to forgive”)

2. Inseparable verbal prefix that denotes a transition of the object into a state, which is indicated by the stem.

   lieben (“to love”) → sich verlieben (“to fall in love”)

   urteilen (“to pronounce judgment”) → verurteilen (“to convict”)

3. Inseparable verbal prefix indicating a faulty action.

   laufen (“to walk”) → sich verlaufen (“to get lost”)

   zählen (“to count”) → sich verzählen (“to miscount”)

• See also Index:German/v

• zer-

• IPA^(key): /fɐ/

ver-

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

From Old Dutch far-, for-, fer-, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *fur-, *fra-.

ver-

1. Forms verbs indicating change away from a state.
2. Forms verbs indicating a more thorough action.

• Dutch: ver-