beschamen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beschamen. Equivalent to be- +‎ schamen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsxaː.mə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧scha‧men
  • Rhymes: -aːmən

Verb

beschamen

  1. (transitive) to embarrass, to cause shame
  2. (transitive) to disgrace, to dishonour

Conjugation

Conjugation of beschamen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive beschamen
past singular beschaamde
past participle beschaamd
infinitive beschamen
gerund beschamen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beschaam beschaamde
2nd person sing. (jij) beschaamt, beschaam2 beschaamde
2nd person sing. (u) beschaamt beschaamde
2nd person sing. (gij) beschaamt beschaamde
3rd person singular beschaamt beschaamde
plural beschamen beschaamden
subjunctive sing.1 beschame beschaamde
subjunctive plur.1 beschamen beschaamden
imperative sing. beschaam
imperative plur.1 beschaamt
participles beschamend beschaamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: beskaam
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