vergetel
Dutch
Alternative forms
- verghetel, vergheetel, vergeetel
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vergetel, from Old Dutch *fargetal, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetul, an adjective based on the verb *fragetan (whence vergeten). Obsolete since the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈɣeː.təl/
Adjective
vergetel (comparative vergeteler, superlative vergetelst)
- (obsolete) forgetful
- Synonym: vergeetachtig
Declension
Declension of vergetel | ||||
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uninflected | vergetel | |||
inflected | vergetele | |||
comparative | vergeteler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | vergetel | vergeteler | het vergetelst het vergetelste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vergetele | vergetelere | vergetelste |
n. sing. | vergetel | vergeteler | vergetelste | |
plural | vergetele | vergetelere | vergetelste | |
definite | vergetele | vergetelere | vergetelste | |
partitive | vergetels | vergetelers | — |
Derived terms
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- verghetel
Etymology
From Old Dutch *fargetal, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetul.
Adjective
vergētel
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- onvergētel
- vergētelheit
Related terms
Descendants
- Dutch: vergetel, verghetel, vergheetel, vergeetel
Further reading
- “verghetel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergetel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN