begaan
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɣaːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧gaan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch begaen. Equivalent to be- + gaan.
Verb
begaan
- (transitive) to walk upon, to tread on
- Vanaf morgen kunnen ze de steigers begaan.
- They will be able to walk on the piers from tomorrow on.
- (transitive, by extension) to move upon, to travel on
- De wegen hier zijn erg moeilijk te begaan.
- The roads over here are very difficult to travel upon.
- (transitive) to commit (e.g. a misdeed)
- Wie van jullie heeft deze moord begaan?
- Which one of you has committed this murder?
- (transitive, mostly with laten) to do, to act as one wills
Inflection
| Inflection of begaan (strong class 7, irregular, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begaan | |||
| past singular | beging | |||
| past participle | begaan | |||
| infinitive | begaan | |||
| gerund | begaan n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bega | beging | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | begaat | beging | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | begaat | beging | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | begaat | begingt | ||
| 3rd person singular | begaat | beging | ||
| plural | begaan | begingen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bega | beginge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | begaan | begingen | ||
| imperative sing. | bega | |||
| imperative plur.1 | begaat | |||
| participles | begaand | begaan | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- begaanbaar
- begane grond
Descendants
- Afrikaans: begaan
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
begaan
- past participle of begaan
Inflection
| Inflection of begaan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | begaan | |||
| inflected | begane | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | begaan | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | begane | ||
| n. sing. | begaan | |||
| plural | begane | |||
| definite | begane | |||
| partitive | begaans | |||