bedekken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedecken, from Old Dutch bithekken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- +‎ dekken. Cognate with English bethatch and English bedeck, German bedecken, Swedish betäcka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɛkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dek‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən

Verb

bedekken

  1. (transitive) to cover, bedeck

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedekken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bedekken
past singular bedekte
past participle bedekt
infinitive bedekken
gerund bedekken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedek bedekte
2nd person sing. (jij) bedekt, bedek2 bedekte
2nd person sing. (u) bedekt bedekte
2nd person sing. (gij) bedekt bedekte
3rd person singular bedekt bedekte
plural bedekken bedekten
subjunctive sing.1 bedekke bedekte
subjunctive plur.1 bedekken bedekten
imperative sing. bedek
imperative plur.1 bedekt
participles bedekkend bedekt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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