bespotten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bespotten, from Old Dutch bispotton. Equivalent to be- + spotten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈspɔtə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧spot‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɔtən
Verb
bespotten
- (transitive) to mock, to scorn
Inflection
| Inflection of bespotten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bespotten | |||
| past singular | bespotte | |||
| past participle | bespot | |||
| infinitive | bespotten | |||
| gerund | bespotten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bespot | bespotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bespot | bespotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bespot | bespotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bespot | bespotte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bespot | bespotte | ||
| plural | bespotten | bespotten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bespotte | bespotte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bespotten | bespotten | ||
| imperative sing. | bespot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bespot | |||
| participles | bespottend | bespot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bespotting