verzaken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch versāken, from Old Dutch farsacan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). Compare English forsake, Norwegian forsake, Danish forsage and Swedish försaka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vərˈzaː.kə(n)/, /vɛrˈzaː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧za‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

verzaken

  1. (transitive) to renounce, to abandon
  2. (transitive) to neglect, to abandon
  3. (transitive) to betray, to abandon

Inflection
Inflection of verzaken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verzaken
past singular verzaakte
past participle verzaakt
infinitive verzaken
gerund verzaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verzaakverzaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) verzaaktverzaakte
2nd person sing. (u) verzaaktverzaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) verzaaktverzaakte
3rd person singular verzaaktverzaakte
plural verzakenverzaakten
subjunctive sing.1 verzakeverzaakte
subjunctive plur.1 verzakenverzaakten
imperative sing. verzaak
imperative plur.1 verzaakt
participles verzakendverzaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: versaak
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