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)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Conjugation

Conjugation of verzaken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verzaken
past singular verzaakte
past participle verzaakt
infinitive verzaken
gerund verzaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verzaak verzaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) verzaakt, verzaak2 verzaakte
2nd person sing. (u) verzaakt verzaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) verzaakt verzaakte
3rd person singular verzaakt verzaakte
plural verzaken verzaakten
subjunctive sing.1 verzake verzaakte
subjunctive plur.1 verzaken verzaakten
imperative sing. verzaak
imperative plur.1 verzaakt
participles verzakend verzaakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: versaak
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