basen

See also: Basen, båsen, and báseň

English

Etymology

From base (adj) +‎ -en.

Verb

basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
    • 1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186:
      If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.
    • 1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties:
      The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires;
      It basens to a horde of the unjust.

Derived terms

  • basening

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

basen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of basar
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of basar

Catalan

Verb

basen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of basar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːzə(n)/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

Verb

basen

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Inflection
Inflection of basen (weak)
infinitive basen
past singular basede
past participle gebased
infinitive basen
gerund basen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular base basede
2nd person sing. (jij) baset basede
2nd person sing. (u) baset basede
2nd person sing. (gij) baset basede
3rd person singular baset basede
plural basen baseden
subjunctive sing.1 base basede
subjunctive plur.1 basen baseden
imperative sing. base
imperative plur.1 baset
participles basend gebased
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

basen

  1. Plural form of base

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

basen m

  1. definite singular of base

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

basen m

  1. definite singular of base

Polish

Etymology

From French bassin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.sɛn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

basen m inan (diminutive basenik)

  1. pool, swimming pool
  2. basin (an area that drains into a larger body of water)
  3. bedpan

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • basen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

basen

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of basar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of basar.
  3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of basar.

Swedish

Noun

basen

  1. definite singular of bas

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
    • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasan/, /ˈbəsɛn/, /ˈbəsan/, /sɛn/, /san/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəsɛn/, /sɛn/

Verb

basen

  1. (colloquial) first-person and third-person plural conditional of bod

Synonyms

  • (both first and third person): bydden
  • (both first and third person): sen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
basen fasen masen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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