bepeinzen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bepeinsen, from bepensen. Equivalent to be- + peinzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈpɛi̯nzə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧pein‧zen
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯nzən
Verb
bepeinzen
- (transitive) to contemplate, to ruminate over, to mediate on
Inflection
| Inflection of bepeinzen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bepeinzen | |||
| past singular | bepeinsde | |||
| past participle | bepeinsd | |||
| infinitive | bepeinzen | |||
| gerund | bepeinzen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bepeins | bepeinsde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bepeinst | bepeinsde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bepeinst | bepeinsde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bepeinst | bepeinsde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bepeinst | bepeinsde | ||
| plural | bepeinzen | bepeinsden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bepeinze | bepeinsde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bepeinzen | bepeinsden | ||
| imperative sing. | bepeins | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bepeinst | |||
| participles | bepeinzend | bepeinsd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bepeinzing