beleggen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch beleggen. Equivalent to be- + leggen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beleggen
- (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
- (transitive, finance) to invest money
- (transitive) to convoke, to call a meeting
- (transitive) to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope)
- (transitive) to cover with
- (transitive, obsolete) to plan, to devise
Inflection edit
| Inflection of beleggen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beleggen | |||
| past singular | belegde | |||
| past participle | belegd | |||
| infinitive | beleggen | |||
| gerund | beleggen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beleg | belegde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | belegt | belegde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | belegt | belegde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | belegt | belegde | ||
| 3rd person singular | belegt | belegde | ||
| plural | beleggen | belegden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | belegge | belegde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beleggen | belegden | ||
| imperative sing. | beleg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | belegt | |||
| participles | beleggend | belegd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: belê