beschaven
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beschaven. Equivalent to be- + schaven. The sense “to civilize” developed from the sense of “to smoothen”, implying that one smoothens and polishes up a person.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsxaːvə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧scha‧ven
- Rhymes: -aːvən
Verb
beschaven
- (transitive) to civilize
- (transitive, obsolete) to smoothen by scraping (with a plane)
- (transitive, obsolete) to rob, to bereave
Inflection
| Inflection of beschaven (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beschaven | |||
| past singular | beschaafde | |||
| past participle | beschaafd | |||
| infinitive | beschaven | |||
| gerund | beschaven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beschaaf | beschaafde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
| 3rd person singular | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
| plural | beschaven | beschaafden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | beschave | beschaafde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beschaven | beschaafden | ||
| imperative sing. | beschaaf | |||
| imperative plur.1 | beschaaft | |||
| participles | beschavend | beschaafd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- beschaafd
- beschaver
- beschaving