vergeven

• IPA^(key): /vərˈɣeː.və(n)/, /vɛrˈɣeː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧ge‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

From Middle Dutch vergēven, from Old Dutch *fargevan, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną.

vergeven

1. (transitive) to forgive
2. (transitive, obsolete) to harm through poison

   Synonym: vergiftigen

• vergeving

• Afrikaans: vergeef, vergewe
• Negerhollands: vergie, vergeven
• Skepi Creole Dutch: forgef

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vergeven (not comparable)

1. overrun, crawling

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vergeven

1. past participle of vergeven

From Old Dutch *fargevan, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. Equivalent to ver- +‎ gēven.

vergēven

1. to forgive
2. to poison

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vergeven
  • Afrikaans: vergeef, vergewe
  • Negerhollands: vergie, vergeven
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: forgef
• Limburgish: vergaeve

vergēven

1. past participle of vergēven

• “vergheven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vergeven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN