ver-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ver"
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch ver-, a merger of two Middle Dutch prefixes:
- Middle Dutch er-, an unstressed variant of or- (modern oor- from Dutch oor-, not from Dutch over), from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
- Middle Dutch ver-, from Old Dutch fir-, itself from a merger of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *furi-, *fra- and other similar particles.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ver-
- to do or to become what the stem (following this prefix) refers to
- used to indicate that the action (referred to by the stem) has a negative connotation (for the direct object of the stem)
- to move or change in the manner specified by the stem
Usage notes
Not separable. When forming past participles, those generally aren't prepended with the prefix ge-.
Dutch
Faroese
German
Luxembourgish
Middle Dutch
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