besteken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bestēken. Equivalent to be- +‎ steken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbəˈsteː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧ste‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Verb

besteken

  1. (transitive) to stab
  2. (transitive) to attack by stabbing
  3. (transitive) to attach by stabbing
  4. (transitive, Southern) to grant, to gift
  5. (transitive, rare) to devise, to plot
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to restrict, bar, fence off

Inflection

Conjugation of besteken (strong class 4, prefixed)
infinitive besteken
past singular bestak
past participle bestoken
infinitive besteken
gerund besteken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular besteek bestak
2nd person sing. (jij) besteekt bestak
2nd person sing. (u) besteekt bestak
2nd person sing. (gij) besteekt bestaakt
3rd person singular besteekt bestak
plural besteken bestaken
subjunctive sing.1 besteke bestake
subjunctive plur.1 besteken bestaken
imperative sing. besteek
imperative plur.1 besteekt
participles bestekend bestoken
1) Archaic.
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