beseffen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsɛfən/
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch beseffen, from Old Dutch *biseffen, from bi- + *seffen. The latter part is from Proto-Germanic *sabjaną.
Verb
beseffen
- (transitive) to realize
Usage notes
Beseffen is not reflexive, but occasionally it is wrongly used reflexively: zich beseffen. This is probably a contamination of zich realiseren (“to realize”), with the same meaning, but reflexive.
Inflection
| Inflection of beseffen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beseffen | |||
| past singular | besefte | |||
| past participle | beseft | |||
| infinitive | beseffen | |||
| gerund | beseffen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | besef | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | beseft | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | beseft | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | beseft | besefte | ||
| 3rd person singular | beseft | besefte | ||
| plural | beseffen | beseften | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | beseffe | besefte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beseffen | beseften | ||
| imperative sing. | besef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | beseft | |||
| participles | beseffend | beseft | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Noun
beseffen
- Plural form of besef
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