vergeten

• IPA^(key): /vərˈɣeːtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːtən

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

vergeten

1. to forget (lose remembrance of)

   Ik ben zijn naam vergeten.

   I’ve forgotten his name.

2. to forget (fail to do)

   Ik ben vergeten 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.

• The perfect tenses of vergeten are predominantly construed with zijn, 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 remembrance of”.

See the etymology of the main entry.

vergeten

1. past participle of vergeten

• gevreten

From Middle Low German vorgēten, from Old Saxon fargetan, from Proto-Germanic *fragetaną. Compare Dutch vergeten, West Frisian ferjitte, German vergessen, English forget.

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

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

1. to forget
2. to overlook

From Old Dutch fargetan, from Proto-Germanic *fragetaną.

vergēten

1. to forget

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vergeten
• Limburgish: vergaete

• “vergheten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vergeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929