betichten
Dutch
Etymology
Possibly formed from Middle Dutch beticht (“legal claim, accusation”). However, beticht does not appear to be attested in modern Dutch (after 1500) whereas the verb betichten only appears around that time. Since it is unlikely that a verb would be formed from a noun that was falling out of use already, it is likely that it was formed directly as be- + ticht + -en instead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈtɪxtə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧tich‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɪxtən
Verb
betichten
- (transitive) to accuse falsely
Inflection
| Inflection of betichten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | betichten | |||
| past singular | betichtte | |||
| past participle | beticht | |||
| infinitive | betichten | |||
| gerund | betichten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beticht | betichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | beticht | betichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | beticht | betichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | beticht | betichtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | beticht | betichtte | ||
| plural | betichten | betichtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | betichte | betichtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | betichten | betichtten | ||
| imperative sing. | beticht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | beticht | |||
| participles | betichtend | beticht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- betichting