🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

vergessen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fer-gessen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forget/fərˈɡɛt/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ich vergesse oft, wo ich meine Schlüssel lasse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fail to remember something.

    "I always forget where I put my keys."
  2. 2

    To disregard or overlook something.

    "Please don't forget the importance of this meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'forget' originates from the Old English 'forgietan', which combines 'for-' meaning 'completely' and 'gietan' meaning 'to get'. Over time, it evolved through Middle English, retaining its core meaning of failing to remember.

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