From Middle Dutch belachen. By surface analysis, be- + lachen.
belachen
| Conjugation of belachen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | belachen | |||
| past singular | belachte | |||
| past participle | belachen | |||
| infinitive | belachen | |||
| gerund | belachen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | belach | belachte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | belacht, belach2 | belachte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | belacht | belachte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | belacht | belachte | ||
| 3rd person singular | belacht | belachte | ||
| plural | belachen | belachten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | belache | belachte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | belachen | belachten | ||
| imperative sing. | belach | |||
| imperative plur.1 | belacht | |||
| participles | belachend | belachen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Middle High German belachen, from Old High German *bihlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihlahhjan. Equivalent to be- + lachen.
belachen (weak, third-person singular present belacht, past tense belachte, past participle belacht, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | belachen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | belachend | ||||
| past participle | belacht | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich belache | wir belachen | i | ich belache | wir belachen |
| du belachst | ihr belacht | du belachest | ihr belachet | ||
| er belacht | sie belachen | er belache | sie belachen | ||
| preterite | ich belachte | wir belachten | ii | ich belachte1 | wir belachten1 |
| du belachtest | ihr belachtet | du belachtest1 | ihr belachtet1 | ||
| er belachte | sie belachten | er belachte1 | sie belachten1 | ||
| imperative | belach (du) belache (du) |
belacht (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.