beneden
Dutch
Alternative forms
- benee (chiefly informal)
- benêe (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈneː.də(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ne‧den
- Rhymes: -eːdən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch beneden. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adverb
beneden
- below
- downstairs
Preposition
beneden
- under, below, beneath
- mensen beneden de zestig — people under sixty
Antonyms
- boven
Derived terms
- beneden de Moerdijk
- benedenwaarts
- naar beneden
Descendants
- Skepi Creole Dutch: bener
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beneden
- plural past indicative and subjunctive of benijden
Anagrams
- beenden