vergen
- (transitive) to demand, utter/pose a requirement
- (transitive) to require, necessitate
- (obsolete) to ask, inquire
- (obsolete) to offer, grant
- (obsolete) to taunt, bother
- (obsolete) to seek, search
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɛr.ɣə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch vergen, from Old Dutch *fergon, from Proto-Germanic *fergōną. Cognate with Old Saxon fergon, West Frisian fergje, German fergen, Old Norse fergja.
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