Meanings
comparative more forgotten · superlative most forgotten
- participlepastpast participle of forget.
plural forgottens
- A person or thing that has been forgotten.
Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens, New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past.
2007 December 31, Alan Feuer, “Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot noticed inadvertently
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*fragetan
- Old Englishforġeten
- Middle Englishforyoten
- Englishforgotten
From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَنْسِيّ
- مَنْسِيّ (mansiyy)of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Czech zapomenutý
- zapomenutýof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Danish glemt
- glemtof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Dutch vergeten
- vergetenof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Esperanto forgesita
- forgesitaof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Finnish unohdettu
- unohdettuof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
French oublié
- oubliéof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
German vergessen
- vergessenof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Greek ξεχασμένος
- ξεχασμένος (xechasménos)of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Icelandic gleymdur
- gleymdurof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Latin oblītus
- oblītusof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Norwegian Bokmål bortglemt
- bortglemtof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Polish zapomniany
- zapomnianyof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Portuguese esquecido
- esquecidoof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Russian забы́тый
- забы́тый (zabýtyj)of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Slovak zabudnutý
- zabudnutýof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Spanish olvidado
- olvidadoof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Swedish glömd
- glömdof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Welsh anghofiedig
- anghofiedigof which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Yiddish פֿאַרגעסן
- פֿאַרגעסן (fargesn)of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with forgotten
All rhymes →Cite this entry
forgotten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgotten
“forgotten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgotten. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forgotten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgotten.
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