vergallen

Dutch

Etymology

From gal (“gall, bile”) +‎ ver- -en (factitive circumfix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

vergallen

  1. (transitive, dated) to make fish bitter by (accidentally) cutting its gall bladder during preparation
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to ruin something pleasurable
    Synonyms: verzieken, verneuken, verkloten
    Haar hatelijke aanwezigheid vergalde het bruiloftsfeest. ― Her hateful presence ruined the wedding party.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vergallen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive vergallen
past singular vergalde
past participle vergald
infinitive vergallen
gerund vergallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vergal vergalde
2nd person sing. (jij) vergalt, vergal2 vergalde
2nd person sing. (u) vergalt vergalde
2nd person sing. (gij) vergalt vergalde
3rd person singular vergalt vergalde
plural vergallen vergalden
subjunctive sing.1 vergalle vergalde
subjunctive plur.1 vergallen vergalden
imperative sing. vergal
imperative plur.1 vergalt
participles vergallend vergald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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