bazen

See also: bazén and bázeň

Albanian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian bazen, from French bassin.

Noun

bazen m (plural bazene, definite bazeni, definite plural bazenet)

1. swimming pool

Declension

Declension of bazen

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bazen	bazeni	bazene	bazenet
accusative		bazenin
dative	bazeni	bazenit	bazeneve	bazeneve
ablative			bazenesh

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːzə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧zen
• Rhymes: -aːzən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch basen, from Old Dutch *bason, from Proto-West Germanic *basōn.

Verb

bazen

1. (intransitive, dialectal) to babble, to talk nonsense

Conjugation

Conjugation of bazen (weak)
infinitive	bazen
past singular	baasde
past participle	gebaasd
infinitive	bazen
gerund	bazen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	baas	baasde
2nd person sing. (jij)	baast, baas2	baasde
2nd person sing. (u)	baast	baasde
2nd person sing. (gij)	baast	baasde
3rd person singular	baast	baasde
plural	bazen	baasden
subjunctive sing.1	baze	baasde
subjunctive plur.1	bazen	baasden
imperative sing.	baas
imperative plur.1	baast
participles	bazend	gebaasd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• verbazen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bazen

1. plural of baas

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bàsēn (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From French bassin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎzeːn/
• Hyphenation: ba‧zen

Noun

bàzēn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀зе̄н)

1. (geography) basin (an area of water that drains into a river)
2. swimming pool
3. pond

Declension

Declension of bazen

	singular	plural
nominative	bàzēn	bazeni
genitive	bazéna	bazena
dative	bazenu	bazenima
accusative	bazen	bazene
vocative	bazene	bazeni
locative	bazenu	bazenima
instrumental	bazenom	bazenima

Descendants

• → Albanian: bazen

References

• “bazen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From French bassin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bazéːn/

Noun

bazẹ̑n m inan

1. (geography) basin (an area of water that drains into a river)
2. swimming pool

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bazén
gen. sing.	bazéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bazén	bazéna	bazéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bazéna	bazénov	bazénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bazénu	bazénoma	bazénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bazén	bazéna	bazéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bazénu	bazénih	bazénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bazénom	bazénoma	bazéni

Further reading

• “bazen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Turkish

Alternative forms

• bazan

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بعضا, from Arabic بَعْضًا (baʕḍan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.zen/

Adverb

bazen

1. every now and then
2. sometimes, occasionally

Synonyms

• ara sıra
• zaman zaman