behoort

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch behoren, from Middle Dutch behôren. Equivalent to be- + hoor. Unusually, the Afrikaans form is derived from the Dutch third-person singular rather than from the stem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈɦʊərt/

Verb

behoort (present behoort, present participle behorende or behoortende, past participle behoort)

  1. to belong [+ aan (to)]
  2. to befit, to behoove

Derived terms

  • na behore

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːrt

Verb

behoort

  1. inflection of behoren:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative
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