beseffen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsɛfən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧sef‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ɛfən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beseffen, from Old Dutch *biseffen, from bi- +‎ *seffen. The latter part is from Proto-Germanic *sabjaną.

Verb

beseffen

  1. (transitive) to realize
Usage notes

Beseffen is not reflexive, but occasionally it is wrongly used reflexively: zich beseffen. This is probably a contamination of zich realiseren (“to realize”), with the same meaning, but reflexive.

Inflection
Inflection of beseffen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive beseffen
past singular besefte
past participle beseft
infinitive beseffen
gerund beseffen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular besef besefte
2nd person sing. (jij) beseft besefte
2nd person sing. (u) beseft besefte
2nd person sing. (gij) beseft besefte
3rd person singular beseft besefte
plural beseffen beseften
subjunctive sing.1 beseffe besefte
subjunctive plur.1 beseffen beseften
imperative sing. besef
imperative plur.1 beseft
participles beseffend beseft
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

beseffen

  1. plural of besef

Further reading

  • “beseffen” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
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