besteken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bestēken. Equivalent to be- + steken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbəˈsteː.kə(n)/
- Hyphenation: be‧ste‧ken
- Rhymes: -eːkən
Verb
besteken
- (transitive) to stab
- (transitive) to attack by stabbing
- (transitive) to attach by stabbing
- (transitive, Southern) to grant, to gift
- (transitive, rare) to devise, to plot
- (transitive, obsolete) to restrict, bar, fence off
Inflection
| Inflection of besteken (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | besteken | |||
| past singular | bestak | |||
| past participle | bestoken | |||
| infinitive | besteken | |||
| gerund | besteken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | besteek | bestak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | besteekt | bestak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | besteekt | bestak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | besteekt | bestaakt | ||
| 3rd person singular | besteekt | bestak | ||
| plural | besteken | bestaken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | besteke | bestake | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | besteken | bestaken | ||
| imperative sing. | besteek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | besteekt | |||
| participles | bestekend | bestoken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||