spijten
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch spiten, equivalent to spijt + -en
Verb[edit]
spijten
- (transitive) to cause regret to, to cause to be sorry
- Zijn daden speten hem.
- He regretted his deeds. (His deeds caused him regret.)
- Zijn daden speten hem.
- (impersonal) to regret, to be sorry
- Het spijt me.
- I regret it.
- Het spijt me.
Usage notes[edit]
Usually, no explicit subject is given, and the verb is used impersonally with the dummy pronoun het.
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of spijten (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spijten | |||
| past singular | speet | |||
| past participle | gespeten | |||
| infinitive | spijten | |||
| gerund | spijten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spijt | speet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spijt | speet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spijt | speet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spijt | speet | ||
| 3rd person singular | spijt | speet | ||
| plural | spijten | speten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spijte | spete | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | spijten | speten | ||
| imperative sing. | spijt | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spijt | |||
| participles | spijtend | gespeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
