bestrijken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bestriken. Equivalent to be- + strijken.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bestrijken
- (transitive) to smear, spread
- (transitive) to cover, to be spread across
- Europa bestrijkt een gebied van 10.400.000 km².
- Europe covers an area of 10,400,000 square kilometers.
- (transitive, military, of ranged weapon, especially artillery) to reach, to cover (a location or distance)
Inflection edit
Inflection of bestrijken (strong class 1, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bestrijken | |||
past singular | bestreek | |||
past participle | bestreken | |||
infinitive | bestrijken | |||
gerund | bestrijken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bestrijk | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bestrijkt | bestreekt | ||
3rd person singular | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
plural | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bestrijke | bestreke | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
imperative sing. | bestrijk | |||
imperative plur.1 | bestrijkt | |||
participles | bestrijkend | bestreken | ||
1) Archaic. |