vertun
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vertuon, from Old High German fartuon (“to fordo, waste, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *fardōną, *fradōną (“to ruin, destroy”). Equivalent to ver- + tun. Cognate with English fordo, Dutch verdoen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtuːn]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧tun
Verb
vertun (irregular, third-person singular present vertut, past tense vertat, past participle vertan, past subjunctive vertäte, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to make a mistake
- Da hab ich mich wohl vertan. ― I must've made a mistake.
Conjugation
infinitive | vertun | ||||
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present participle | vertuend | ||||
past participle | vertan | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vertue | wir vertun | i | ich vertue | wir vertuen |
du vertust | ihr vertut | du vertuest | ihr vertuet | ||
er vertut | sie vertun | er vertue | sie vertuen | ||
preterite | ich vertat | wir vertaten | ii | ich vertäte | wir vertäten |
du vertatest du vertatst |
ihr vertatet | du vertätest | ihr vertätet | ||
er vertat | sie vertaten | er vertäte | sie vertäten | ||
imperative | vertu (du) vertue (du) |
vertut (ihr) |
Further reading
- “vertun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vertun” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “vertun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vertun” in Duden online
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