vechten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vechten, from Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-. Cognate with English fight and German fechten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛxtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: vech‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛxtən

Verb

vechten

1. (intransitive) to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of vechten (strong class 3b)
infinitive	vechten
past singular	vocht
past participle	gevochten
infinitive	vechten
gerund	vechten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vecht	vocht
2nd person sing. (jij)	vecht	vocht
2nd person sing. (u)	vecht	vocht
2nd person sing. (gij)	vecht	vocht
3rd person singular	vecht	vocht
plural	vechten	vochten
subjunctive sing.1	vechte	vochte
subjunctive plur.1	vechten	vochten
imperative sing.	vecht
imperative plur.1	vecht
participles	vechtend	gevochten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

nouns

• gevecht
• stierenvechten
• vechtenstijd
• vechter
• vechtlust
• vechtscheiding
• vechtsport

verbs

• aanvechten
• afvechten
• bekvechten
• bevechten
• doodvechten
• doorvechten
• invechten
• meevechten
• ontvechten
• opvechten
• overvechten
• tegenvechten
• terugvechten
• uitvechten
• vechten tegen de bierkaai
• vechten tegen windmolens
• vervechten
• voortvechten
• voorvechten
• vrijvechten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veg
• Berbice Creole Dutch: purkaru
• Negerhollands: vekkete, fegete, figiti, fikiti
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: fikiti (dated)

Low German

Verb

vechten

1. alternative spelling of fechten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.

Verb

vechten

1. to fight
2. to battle

Inflection

Conjugation of vechten (strong class 3)

infinitive	base form	vechten
	genitive	vechtens
	dative	vechtene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		vechte	vacht		vechte	vochte
2nd person singular		vechts, vechtes	vochts, vochtes		vechts, vechtes	vochtes
3rd person singular		vecht, vechtet	vacht		vechte	vochte
1st person plural		vechten	vochten		vechten	vochten
2nd person plural		vecht, vechtet	vocht, vochtet		vecht, vechtet	vochtet
3rd person plural		vechten	vochten		vechten	vochten
		imperative
singular		vecht, vechte
plural		vecht, vechtet
		present	past
participle		vechtende	gevochten

Descendants

• Dutch: vechten
  • Afrikaans: veg
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: purkaru
  • Negerhollands: vekkete, fegete, figiti, fikiti
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: fikiti (dated)
• Limburgish: vechte
• West Flemish: vichten

Further reading

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

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.

Cognate with English fight, Dutch vechten and German fechten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛxtən/

Verb

vechten

1. to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of vechten as a class 3b strong verb

plain infinitive	vechten
full infinitive (gerund)	tô vechtene or tô vechtende
verbal noun	vechten or vechtent
participles			imperative
present	vechtende		singular	vecht
past	gevuchten		plural	vechtet
	indicative		subjunctive
	present	preterite	present	preterite
1st person singular	vechte	vacht	vechte	vüchte
2nd person singular	vechtest or vechtst	vuchtest or vüchtest	vechtest	vüchtest
3rd person singular	vechtet or vecht	vacht	vechtet	vüchte
plural	vechten (vechtet?)	vuchten or vüchten	vechten	vüchten

Descendants

• Low German: fechten
• → Danish: fægte
• → Norwegian: fekte
• → Saterland Frisian: fächtje
• → Swedish: fäkta