belegen
See also: Belegen
Dutch
Etymology
From beliggen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈleː.ɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧le‧gen
- Rhymes: -eːɣən
Adjective
belegen (comparative belegener, superlative belegenst)
Inflection
Inflection of belegen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | belegen | |||
inflected | belegen | |||
comparative | belegener | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | belegen | belegener | het belegenst het belegenste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | belegen | belegener | belegenste |
n. sing. | belegen | belegener | belegenste | |
plural | belegen | belegener | belegenste | |
definite | belegen | belegener | belegenste | |
partitive | belegens | belegeners | — |
Derived terms
- belegenheid
German
Etymology
From Middle High German belegen, from Old High German bileggen. By surface analysis, be- + legen. Cognate with English belay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈleːɡən/, [-ɡŋ̩]
Audio (file) Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: be‧le‧gen
Verb
belegen (weak, third-person singular present belegt, past tense belegte, past participle belegt, auxiliary haben)
- to cover
- to fill (a sandwich etc.)
- to document, back, substantiate
- (education) to enroll for; to take (a course)
- Meine Mitbewohner belegen fünf Kurse zusammen. ― My roommates take five classes together.
- (with mit) to bombard
- to reserve (a seat, room etc.); to occupy (a building)
- Er hat den Liegestuhl mit einem Badetuch belegt.
- He reserved the sun lounger with a towel.
- to mate with (a female animal)
- Synonym: begatten
Conjugation
infinitive | belegen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | belegend | ||||
past participle | belegt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich belege | wir belegen | i | ich belege | wir belegen |
du belegst | ihr belegt | du belegest | ihr beleget | ||
er belegt | sie belegen | er belege | sie belegen | ||
preterite | ich belegte | wir belegten | ii | ich belegte1 | wir belegten1 |
du belegtest | ihr belegtet | du belegtest1 | ihr belegtet1 | ||
er belegte | sie belegten | er belegte1 | sie belegten1 | ||
imperative | beleg (du) belege (du) |
belegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “belegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “belegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “belegen (bedecken, reservieren, sichern)” in Duden online
- “belegen (gelegen)” in Duden online
- “belegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.