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verbergen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From ver- +‎ bergen (to store, stash away).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vərˈbɛrɣə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrɣən

Verb

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verbergen

  1. (transitive) to hide
    Synonyms: wegstoppen, verhullen, verhelen

Conjugation

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Conjugation of verbergen (strong class 3b, prefixed)
infinitive verbergen
past singular verborg
past participle verborgen
infinitive verbergen
gerund verbergen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verberg verborg
2nd person sing. (jij) verbergt, verberg2 verborg
2nd person sing. (u) verbergt verborg
2nd person sing. (gij) verbergt verborgt
3rd person singular verbergt verborg
plural verbergen verborgen
subjunctive sing.1 verberge verborge
subjunctive plur.1 verbergen verborgen
imperative sing. verberg
imperative plur.1 verbergt
participles verbergend verborgen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: verberg
  • Negerhollands: verberg

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German verbergen, from Old High German firbergan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabergan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ bergen. Compare Dutch verbergen, also Old English forbeorgan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁɡn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ber‧gen

Verb

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verbergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verbirgt, past tense verbarg, past participle verborgen, past subjunctive verbärge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to hide, conceal from view, keep secret [with accusative ‘something’ and vor (+ dative) ‘from someone’]
    Synonym: verstecken
    Was verbirgst du vor mir?
    What are you hiding from me?

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • verbergen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verbergen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verbergen” in Duden online
  • verbergen” in OpenThesaurus.de