beheksen
Dutch
Etymology
From be- (“be-”) + heksen (“to hex, bewitch”). Perhaps borrowed from German behexen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɦɛk.sə(n)/
- Hyphenation: be‧hek‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɛksən
Verb
beheksen
- (transitive) To hex, bewitch, put under a magical spell.
- Synonym: betoveren
- (transitive) To jinx, burden with bad luck.
Inflection
| Inflection of beheksen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beheksen | |||
| past singular | behekste | |||
| past participle | behekst | |||
| infinitive | beheksen | |||
| gerund | beheksen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beheks | behekste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | behekst | behekste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | behekst | behekste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | behekst | behekste | ||
| 3rd person singular | behekst | behekste | ||
| plural | beheksen | beheksten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | behekse | behekste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beheksen | beheksten | ||
| imperative sing. | beheks | |||
| imperative plur.1 | behekst | |||
| participles | beheksend | behekst | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- behekst