begeven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɣeːvə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ge‧ven
- Rhymes: -eːvən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch begeven. Equivalent to be- + geven.
Verb
begeven
- (intransitive, with het as object) to give way, to collapse, to break down
- De brug begaf het.
- The bridge collapsed.
- (reflexive) to go (somewhere), move towards
- zich naar huis begeven
- to go home
Inflection
| Inflection of begeven (strong class 5, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begeven | |||
| past singular | begaf | |||
| past participle | begeven | |||
| infinitive | begeven | |||
| gerund | begeven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | begeef | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | begeeft | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | begeeft | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | begeeft | begaaft | ||
| 3rd person singular | begeeft | begaf | ||
| plural | begeven | begaven | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | begeve | begave | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | begeven | begaven | ||
| imperative sing. | begeef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | begeeft | |||
| participles | begevend | begeven | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
begeven
- past participle of begeven
Inflection
| Inflection of begeven | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | begeven | |||
| inflected | begeven | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | begeven | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | begeven | ||
| n. sing. | begeven | |||
| plural | begeven | |||
| definite | begeven | |||
| partitive | begevens | |||
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From be- + geven.
Verb
begēven
- to abandon, to forsake
- to leave
- to stop, to cease
- to retreat (into a convent)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: begeven
- Limburgish: begaeve
Further reading
- “begheven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “begeven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN