bevinden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bevinden, from Old Dutch bifindan. Equivalent to be- + vinden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈvɪndə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧vin‧den
- Rhymes: -ɪndən
Verb
bevinden
- (transitive) to discover, to find
- (reflexive) to be located, to find oneself
- Onder de mantel bevindt zich een vloeibare buitenkern (waarin het aardmagnetisch veld wordt opgewekt) en een vaste binnenkern.
- Under the mantle are located a fluid outer core (in which the Earth's magnetic field is generated) and a fixed inner core.
Inflection
| Inflection of bevinden (strong class 3, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bevinden | |||
| past singular | bevond | |||
| past participle | bevonden | |||
| infinitive | bevinden | |||
| gerund | bevinden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bevind | bevond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bevindt | bevond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bevindt | bevond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bevindt | bevondt | ||
| 3rd person singular | bevindt | bevond | ||
| plural | bevinden | bevonden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bevinde | bevonde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bevinden | bevonden | ||
| imperative sing. | bevind | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bevindt | |||
| participles | bevindend | bevonden | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bevindelijk
- bevinding