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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch betrecken. Equivalent to be- +‎ trekken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈtrɛkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧trek‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən

Verb

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betrekken

  1. (transitive) to involve, to implicate
  2. (transitive) to live, to settle in
  3. (transitive) to obtain
  4. (intransitive) to become cloudy

Conjugation

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Conjugation of betrekken (strong class 3b, prefixed)
infinitive betrekken
past singular betrok
past participle betrokken
infinitive betrekken
gerund betrekken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular betrek betrok
2nd person sing. (jij) betrekt, betrek2 betrok
2nd person sing. (u) betrekt betrok
2nd person sing. (gij) betrekt betrokt
3rd person singular betrekt betrok
plural betrekken betrokken
subjunctive sing.1 betrekke betrokke
subjunctive plur.1 betrekken betrokken
imperative sing. betrek
imperative plur.1 betrekt
participles betrekkend betrokken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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