vergessen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsən/
audio (file) audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧ges‧sen
Etymology 1
From Old High German vergezzen, firgezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan.
Verb
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- (transitive) to forget (lose remembrance of)
- Diese ganzen Geschichten hatte ich ja ganz vergessen.
- I'd completely forgotten all these stories.
- (transitive) to forget (fail to do something out of forgetfulness)
- Ich habe vergessen, den Brief abzuschicken.
- I forgot to send off the letter.
- (transitive) to leave (forget to take)
- Ich habe meinen Schlüssel bei dir vergessen.
- I left my key at your place.
- (transitive) to overlook, to miss
Usage notes
- In Austria, this verb may alternatively be construed with "auf" and a following accusative object; this usage is encompassed by the non-prepositional variant, but not the other way around. It is only possible with senses 2 and 3.
- In older usage, this verb governed the genitive. This is now obsolete.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Participle
vergessen
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
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