Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch bedammen. Equivalent to be- +‎ dammen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɑ.mə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: be‧dam‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɑmən

Verb edit

bedammen

  1. (transitive, archaic) to dam, to confine or protect with dams (in relation to bodies of water and parts of land)

Inflection edit

Conjugation of bedammen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bedammen
past singular bedamde
past participle bedamd
infinitive bedammen
gerund bedammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedam bedamde
2nd person sing. (jij) bedamt bedamde
2nd person sing. (u) bedamt bedamde
2nd person sing. (gij) bedamt bedamde
3rd person singular bedamt bedamde
plural bedammen bedamden
subjunctive sing.1 bedamme bedamde
subjunctive plur.1 bedammen bedamden
imperative sing. bedam
imperative plur.1 bedamt
participles bedammend bedamd
1) Archaic.

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