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Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈneː.də(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beneden, from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *niþanē (“from beneath”).

Adverb

beneden

  1. below
  2. downstairs

Preposition

beneden

  1. under, below, beneath
    mensen beneden de zestig — people under sixty
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: benede
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bener

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneden

  1. inflection of benijden:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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