belasten

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch belasten. Equivalent to last +‎ be- -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlɑstə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧las‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑstən

Verb

belasten

  1. (transitive) to burden, to encumber
  2. (transitive) to charge (e.g. taxes), to tax or levy
  3. (transitive) to charge, to order, to invest
  4. (transitive) to incriminate, to charge

Conjugation

Conjugation of belasten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive belasten
past singular belastte
past participle belast
infinitive belasten
gerund belasten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular belast belastte
2nd person sing. (jij) belast belastte
2nd person sing. (u) belast belastte
2nd person sing. (gij) belast belastte
3rd person singular belast belastte
plural belasten belastten
subjunctive sing.1 belaste belastte
subjunctive plur.1 belasten belastten
imperative sing. belast
imperative plur.1 belast
participles belastend belast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: belast

German

Etymology

be- +‎ Last +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlastən/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧las‧ten

Verb

belasten (weak, third-person singular present belastet, past tense belastete, past participle belastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to burden
  2. to incriminate
  3. (banking, of bank accounts) to debit, to charge

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • belasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • belasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • belasten” in Duden online
  • belasten” in OpenThesaurus.de