spijten

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch spiten, equivalent to spijt +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛi̯tən/ Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən Hyphenation: spij‧ten === Verb === spijten (transitive) to cause regret to, to cause to be sorry (impersonal) to regret, to be sorry ==== Usage notes ==== Usually, no explicit subject is given, and the verb is used impersonally with the dummy pronoun het, in the sense that something is "being the regret to one" or "it is one's regret", which could be rendered in English as "It spites me". ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: speiti → Aukan: sipeiti → Caribbean Javanese: spèit === Anagrams === pintjes