verdrieten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch verdrieten, from Old Dutch farthrietan, a prefixed form of Proto-Germanic *þreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-. Equivalent to ver- +‎ drieten.

Verb

verdrieten

1. to sadden, to displease

Inflection

Conjugation of verdrieten (strong class 2, prefixed)
infinitive	verdrieten
past singular	verdroot
past participle	verdroten
infinitive	verdrieten
gerund	verdrieten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	verdriet	verdroot
2nd person sing. (jij)	verdriet	verdroot
2nd person sing. (u)	verdriet	verdroot
2nd person sing. (gij)	verdriet	verdroot
3rd person singular	verdriet	verdroot
plural	verdrieten	verdroten
subjunctive sing.1	verdriete	verdrote
subjunctive plur.1	verdrieten	verdroten
imperative sing.	verdriet
imperative plur.1	verdriet
participles	verdrietend	verdroten
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

Noun

verdrieten

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of verdriet

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch farthrietan, from Proto-Germanic *þreutaną.

Verb

verdrieten

1. (intransitive) to be annoying
2. (intransitive) to feel reluctant to, to feel annoyed by [+genitive = thing]

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: verdrieten
• Limburgish: verdrete

Further reading

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