beleggen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beleggen. Equivalent to be- +‎ leggen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlɛɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧leg‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

beleggen

  1. (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
  2. (transitive, finance) to invest money
  3. (transitive) to convoke, to call a meeting
  4. (transitive) to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope)
  5. (transitive) to cover with
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to plan, to devise

Conjugation

Conjugation of beleggen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive beleggen
past singular belegde
past participle belegd
infinitive beleggen
gerund beleggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beleg belegde
2nd person sing. (jij) belegt, beleg2 belegde
2nd person sing. (u) belegt belegde
2nd person sing. (gij) belegt belegde
3rd person singular belegt belegde
plural beleggen belegden
subjunctive sing.1 belegge belegde
subjunctive plur.1 beleggen belegden
imperative sing. beleg
imperative plur.1 belegt
participles beleggend belegd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: belê
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