betonen

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Danish

Noun

betonen c

  1. definite singular of beton

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtoːnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧to‧nen
  • Rhymes: -oːnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch betonen. Equivalent to be- +‎ tonen.

Verb

betonen

  1. (transitive) to show
Inflection
Inflection of betonen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive betonen
past singular betoonde
past participle betoond
infinitive betonen
gerund betonen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular betoon betoonde
2nd person sing. (jij) betoont betoonde
2nd person sing. (u) betoont betoonde
2nd person sing. (gij) betoont betoonde
3rd person singular betoont betoonde
plural betonen betoonden
subjunctive sing.1 betone betoonde
subjunctive plur.1 betonen betoonden
imperative sing. betoon
imperative plur.1 betoont
participles betonend betoond
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: betoon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German betonen.

Verb

betonen

  1. (transitive) to emphasize, to accent
Inflection
Inflection of betonen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive betonen
past singular betoonde
past participle betoond
infinitive betonen
gerund betonen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular betoon betoonde
2nd person sing. (jij) betoont betoonde
2nd person sing. (u) betoont betoonde
2nd person sing. (gij) betoont betoonde
3rd person singular betoont betoonde
plural betonen betoonden
subjunctive sing.1 betone betoonde
subjunctive plur.1 betonen betoonden
imperative sing. betoon
imperative plur.1 betoont
participles betonend betoond
1) Archaic.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From be- +‎ Ton.

Pronunciation

Verb

betonen (weak, third-person singular present betont, past tense betonte, past participle betont, auxiliary haben)

  1. to emphasize
  2. to stress

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • betonen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • betonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • betonen” in Duden online
  • betonen” in OpenThesaurus.de