besteken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bestēken. Equivalent to be- + steken.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
besteken
- (transitive) to stab
- (transitive) to attack by stabbing
- (transitive) to attach by stabbing
- (transitive, Southern) to grant, to gift
- (transitive, rare) to devise, to plot
- (transitive, obsolete) to restrict, bar, fence off
Inflection edit
Conjugation of besteken (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | besteken | |||
past singular | bestak | |||
past participle | bestoken | |||
infinitive | besteken | |||
gerund | besteken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | besteek | bestak | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | besteekt | bestak | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | besteekt | bestak | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | besteekt | bestaakt | ||
3rd person singular | besteekt | bestak | ||
plural | besteken | bestaken | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | besteke | bestake | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | besteken | bestaken | ||
imperative sing. | besteek | |||
imperative plur.1 | besteekt | |||
participles | bestekend | bestoken | ||
1) Archaic. |