From earlier bevrijen, from Middle Dutch bevriën, a prefixed form of vriën (“to free”). Can be interpreted synchronically as be- + vrijen or vrij + be- -en. The -d- is a hypercorrection, probably influenced by the past tense bevrijd and/or compensating for a mistakenly supposed case of d-weakening (compare vlieden); contrast vrijen, which has the etymologically expected form without -d-.
bevrijden
| Conjugation of bevrijden (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bevrijden | |||
| past singular | bevrijdde | |||
| past participle | bevrijd | |||
| infinitive | bevrijden | |||
| gerund | bevrijden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bevrijd | bevrijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bevrijdt, bevrijd2 | bevrijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bevrijdt | bevrijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bevrijdt | bevrijdde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bevrijdt | bevrijdde | ||
| plural | bevrijden | bevrijdden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bevrijde | bevrijdde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bevrijden | bevrijdden | ||
| imperative sing. | bevrijd | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bevrijdt | |||
| participles | bevrijdend | bevrijd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||