bezwijken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beswiken (to leave, travel, faint), from Old Dutch beswīkan (to deceive, seduce), from Proto-Germanic *biswīkwaną. Equivalent to be- + zwijken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈzʋɛi̯kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧zwij‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən

Verb

bezwijken

  1. (intransitive) to give way, succumb
  2. (intransitive) to expire, to die

Inflection

Inflection of bezwijken (strong class 1, prefixed)
infinitive bezwijken
past singular bezweek
past participle bezweken
infinitive bezwijken
gerund bezwijken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bezwijkbezweek
2nd person sing. (jij) bezwijktbezweek
2nd person sing. (u) bezwijktbezweek
2nd person sing. (gij) bezwijktbezweekt
3rd person singular bezwijktbezweek
plural bezwijkenbezweken
subjunctive sing.1 bezwijkebezweke
subjunctive plur.1 bezwijkenbezweken
imperative sing. bezwijk
imperative plur.1 bezwijkt
participles bezwijkendbezweken
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: beswyk
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