rotten.
to rot, to go bad, to decay
Meaning & usage
to rot, to go bad, to decay
Het fruit begon te rotten omdat het te lang buiten de koelkast werd gelaten.
Het hout van de schuur is aan het rotten.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch rotten, reformed from earlier roten, from Old Dutch *roton, from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną. By surface analysis, rot + -en.
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