Synonyms: be worthy of, deserve, earn
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) merit | (I) merited |
| (thou) meritest | (thou) meritedst |
| (he) merits, meriteth | (he) merited |
| (we) merit | (we) merited |
| (you) merit | (you) merited |
| (they) merit | (they) merited |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) merit | (I) merited |
| (thou) merit | (thou) merited |
| (he) merit | (he) merited |
| (we) merit | (we) merited |
| (you) merit | (you) merited |
| (they) merit | (they) merited |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| meriting | merited |
| Afrikaans | verdien |
|---|---|
| Catalan | merèixer |
| Czech | zasloužit si; zasluhovat |
| Danish | fortjene |
| Dutch | verdienen |
| Esperanto | meriti; indi |
| Faeroese | hava uppiborið |
| Finnish | ansaita |
| French | mériter |
| German | verdienen |
| Italian | meritare |
| Papiamento | meresé |
| Portuguese | merecer; valer |
| Saterland Frisian | fertjoonje |
| Spanish | merecer |