vergattern

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive, weak) to officially commit a soldier to sentry duty and to the respective regulations
2. (colloquial, transitive, weak) to impose a duty or punishment on someone

Sinonieme

abkommandieren

anhalten

🛑

bestimmen

einspannen

🗜️

erzwingen

forcieren

verpflichten

zwingen

einfordern

verdonnern

in die Pflicht nehmen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈɡatɐn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: vergatern

Verwante met Middle Low German: gāderen

Verwante met Nederlands: vergaderen

Verwante met Engels: forgather

In summary

From Middle High German vergatern (“to assemble”), a chiefly Central German word alongside Middle Low German gāderen. Cognate to Dutch vergaderen, English forgather. In a military context the word originally meant “to line up troops and issue the orders”. It may later have been associated with Gatter (“grating, fence”), thus “to give someone a boundary that must not be transgressed”. Compare etymology 2 below.