bezwijken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beswiken (“to leave, travel, faint”), from Old Dutch beswīkan (“to deceive, seduce”), from Proto-Germanic *biswīkwaną. Equivalent to be- + zwijken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈzʋɛi̯kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧zwij‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən
Verb
bezwijken
- (intransitive) to give way, succumb
- (intransitive) to expire, to die
Inflection
| Inflection of bezwijken (strong class 1, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bezwijken | |||
| past singular | bezweek | |||
| past participle | bezweken | |||
| infinitive | bezwijken | |||
| gerund | bezwijken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bezwijk | bezweek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bezwijkt | bezweek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bezwijkt | bezweek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bezwijkt | bezweekt | ||
| 3rd person singular | bezwijkt | bezweek | ||
| plural | bezwijken | bezweken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bezwijke | bezweke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bezwijken | bezweken | ||
| imperative sing. | bezwijk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bezwijkt | |||
| participles | bezwijkend | bezweken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bezwijken
Descendants
- Afrikaans: beswyk