Vergesst

Vergesst is a form of the German verb vergessen, meaning to forget. It is the second-person plural present tense form, corresponding to ihr vergesst (you all forget). It can also function as the second-person plural imperative when addressing a group, as in Vergesst das bitte nicht.

Usage of vergesst occurs in both ordinary statements and commands. In present-tense clauses you would say, for example, ihr vergesst oft eure Schlüssel. In imperative phrases addressed to several people, you might hear or see Vergesst nicht, den Schlüssel mitzunehmen.

Etymologically, vergesst comes from the stem vergess- of vergessen, with the standard present-tense ending -t for the ihr form. The verb vergess- is irregular in some forms; the full present-tense paradigm for vergessen includes ich vergesse, du vergisst, er vergisst, wir vergessen, ihr vergesst, sie vergessen. The form vergesst is therefore a regular extension of the stem in the second-person plural across both the indicative and the imperative moods, differing mainly by sentence position and punctuation.

See also: the related forms of vergessen, such as vergesse, vergisst, vergisst, vergessen. Versteht the distinction between the indicative ihr vergesst and the imperative Vergesst, which share spelling but differ in usage and punctuation.

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