bevangen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈvɑ.ŋə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧van‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bevangen, from bevaen, from Old Dutch bifān. Equivalent to be- + vangen.

Verb

bevangen

  1. (transitive, now chiefly figuratively) to catch, to grasp
Inflection
Inflection of bevangen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive bevangen
past singular beving
past participle bevangen
infinitive bevangen
gerund bevangen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bevangbeving
2nd person sing. (jij) bevangtbeving
2nd person sing. (u) bevangtbeving
2nd person sing. (gij) bevangtbevingt
3rd person singular bevangtbeving
plural bevangenbevingen
subjunctive sing.1 bevangebevinge
subjunctive plur.1 bevangenbevingen
imperative sing. bevang
imperative plur.1 bevangt
participles bevangendbevangen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From bevangen (gripped, grasped), the past participle of bevangen (to grip, to grasp).

Adjective

bevangen (comparative bevangener, superlative bevangenst)

  1. abashed, shy, timid

Antonyms

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