verontschuldig
Verontschuldig is the present-tense stem of the Dutch verb verontschuldigen, which means to apologize or to excuse someone for a fault or inconvenience. The reflexive form zich verontschuldigen is common in everyday language, meaning to apologize oneself. In usage, verontschuldigen can express both apologizing for a personal action and excusing someone else’s fault, depending on the construction. A typical everyday sentence is ik verontschuldig me voor het ongemak, or ik bied mijn excuses aan.
Etymology and meaning: the verb is built from de basis schuld (guilt) with the prefix ver-, and
Usage: verontschuldigingen are used to acknowledge a fault or inconvenience and to seek pardon. In formal Dutch,
Conjugation (present forms use the stem verontschuldig-): present: ik verontschuldig me; jij verontschuldigt je; hij/zij verontschuldigt