spijten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spiten, equivalent to spijt + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛi̯tən/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən
- Hyphenation: spij‧ten
Verb
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
Usually, no explicit subject is given, and the verb is used impersonally with the dummy pronoun het, in the sense that something is "being the regret to one" or "it is one's regret", which could be rendered in English as "It is my regret...".
Inflection
| Inflection of spijten (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spijten | |||
| past singular | speet | |||
| past participle | gespeten | |||
| infinitive | spijten | |||
| gerund | spijten n | |||
| 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. | ||||
Anagrams
- pintjes