zeggen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zeg‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. The irregular past tense is a common Ingvaeonic development of the northern dialects, seen also in brein and zeil.

Verb

zeggen

  1. (transitive) to say, tell
    Als je niets beters te zeggen hebt, zeg dan niets.
    If you have nothing better to say, then say nothing.
    Ik zei het je toch!
    I told you so!
    Ik heb het tegen hem gezegd.
    I told him.
Inflection

The irregular past tense is used in the Netherlands, while the weak past forms are used primarily in Flanders.

Inflection of zeggen (weak, irregular)
infinitive zeggen
past singular zei, zegde
past participle gezegd
infinitive zeggen
gerund zeggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zegzei, zegde
2nd person sing. (jij) zegtzei, zegde
2nd person sing. (u) zegtzei, zegde
2nd person sing. (gij) zegtzeidt, zegde
3rd person singular zegtzei, zegde
plural zeggenzeiden, zegden
subjunctive sing.1 zeggezeide, zegde
subjunctive plur.1 zeggenzeiden, zegden
imperative sing. zeg
imperative plur.1 zegt
participles zeggendgezegd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

zeggen

  1. Plural form of zegge
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