verbergen
Dutch
Etymology
From ver- + bergen (“to store, stash away”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈbɛrɣə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɣən
Verb
verbergen
- (transitive) to hide
- Synonyms: wegstoppen, verhullen, verhelen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verbergen (strong class 3b, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verbergen | |||
| past singular | verborg | |||
| past participle | verborgen | |||
| infinitive | verbergen | |||
| gerund | verbergen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verberg | verborg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verbergt, verberg2 | verborg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verbergt | verborg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verbergt | verborgt | ||
| 3rd person singular | verbergt | verborg | ||
| plural | verbergen | verborgen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verberge | verborge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verbergen | verborgen | ||
| imperative sing. | verberg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verbergt | |||
| participles | verbergend | verborgen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verbergen, from Old High German firbergan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabergan. Equivalent to ver- + bergen. Compare Dutch verbergen, also Old English forbeorgan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁɡn̩/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧ber‧gen
Verb
verbergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verbirgt, past tense verbarg, past participle verborgen, past subjunctive verbärge, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to hide, conceal from view, keep secret [with accusative ‘something’ and vor (+ dative) ‘from someone’]
- Synonym: verstecken
- Was verbirgst du vor mir?
- What are you hiding from me?
Conjugation
Conjugation of verbergen (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verbergen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verbergend | ||||
| past participle | verborgen | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verberge | wir verbergen | i | ich verberge | wir verbergen |
| du verbirgst | ihr verbergt | du verbergest | ihr verberget | ||
| er verbirgt | sie verbergen | er verberge | sie verbergen | ||
| preterite | ich verbarg | wir verbargen | ii | ich verbärge1 | wir verbärgen1 |
| du verbargst | ihr verbargt | du verbärgest1 du verbärgst1 |
ihr verbärget1 ihr verbärgt1 | ||
| er verbarg | sie verbargen | er verbärge1 | sie verbärgen1 | ||
| imperative | verbirg (du) | verbergt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verbergen (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verbergen
- Verbergung