vergehen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vergān, vergāngēn, from Old High German firgān, from Proto-West Germanic *fragān. By surface analysis, ver- +‎ gehen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛʁˈɡeːən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən] Rhymes: -eːən === Verb === vergehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present vergeht, past tense verging, past participle vergangen, auxiliary sein) (of a period of time) to pass, to elapse (of living things) to die off, wither, etc. (reflexive) to commit a (sex) crime [with an (+ dative)] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vergehen === Further reading === “vergehen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “vergehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vergehen” in Duden online “vergehen” in OpenThesaurus.de