beschenken

From be- +‎ schenken.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsxɛŋ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧schen‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

beschenken

1. (transitive, with the recipient as the direct object and the transferred indicated with "met") to bestow (on), to confer

   De sint beschonk hen met een fles bisschopswijn.

   Saint Nick bestowed a bottle of orange-based mulled wine on them.

2. (transitive, with the recipient as the direct object) to give a drink

   De sint beschonk hen met een fles bisschopswijn.

   Saint Nick gave them a bottle of orange-based mulled wine for a drink.

3. (reflexive) to get drunk

   De sint beschonk zich met een fles bisschopswijn.

   Saint Nick got drunk on a bottle of orange-based mulled wine.

• beschonken

be- +‎ schenken

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʃɛŋkn̩/

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• IPA^(key): /bəˈʃɛŋkŋ̩/

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• Hyphenation: be‧schen‧ken

beschenken (weak, third-person singular present beschenkt, past tense beschenkte, past participle beschenkt, auxiliary haben)

1. to endow
2. to present, to gift

   jemanden reich beschenken ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Beschenkung

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