believen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch believen. Equivalent to be- + lief + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈlivə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧lie‧ven
- Rhymes: -ivən
Verb
believen
- (transitive) to please
- Sprookjes van een spook. (Vetālapañcavimśatikā). Uit het Sanskriet vert. door J. A. B. van Buitenen, 1952, 43.
- Waarom zulke inspanning om die bedelmonnik te believen?
- Why do you do so much effort to please that mendicant monk?
- Waarom zulke inspanning om die bedelmonnik te believen?
- Sprookjes van een spook. (Vetālapañcavimśatikā). Uit het Sanskriet vert. door J. A. B. van Buitenen, 1952, 43.
Inflection
| Inflection of believen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | believen | |||
| past singular | beliefde | |||
| past participle | beliefd | |||
| infinitive | believen | |||
| gerund | believen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | belief | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | belieft | beliefde | ||
| plural | believen | beliefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | believe | beliefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | believen | beliefden | ||
| imperative sing. | belief | |||
| imperative plur.1 | belieft | |||
| participles | believend | beliefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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