verzaken

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to renounce, to abandon
  2. (transitive) to neglect, to abandon
  3. (transitive) to betray, to abandon

Frequency

34k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈzaː.kə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch versāken, from Old Dutch farsacan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). Compare English forsake, Norwegian forsake, Danish forsage and Swedish försaka.

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