bemalen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈmaː.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ma‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

From be- + malen (to grind).

Verb

bemalen

  1. (transitive) to drain (a polder, or other piece of land or body of water) by means of mills or pump houses
Inflection
Conjugation of bemalen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive bemalen
past singular bemaalde
past participle bemalen
infinitive bemalen
gerund bemalen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bemaalbemaalde
2nd person sing. (jij) bemaaltbemaalde
2nd person sing. (u) bemaaltbemaalde
2nd person sing. (gij) bemaaltbemaalde
3rd person singular bemaaltbemaalde
plural bemalenbemaalden
subjunctive sing.1 bemalebemaalde
subjunctive plur.1 bemalenbemaalden
imperative sing. bemaal
imperative plur.1 bemaalt
participles bemalendbemalen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • bemaling

Etymology 2

From be- + malen (to paint).

Verb

bemalen

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to paint, apply paint to
Inflection
Conjugation of bemalen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bemalen
past singular bemaalde
past participle bemaald
infinitive bemalen
gerund bemalen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bemaalbemaalde
2nd person sing. (jij) bemaaltbemaalde
2nd person sing. (u) bemaaltbemaalde
2nd person sing. (gij) bemaaltbemaalde
3rd person singular bemaaltbemaalde
plural bemalenbemaalden
subjunctive sing.1 bemalebemaalde
subjunctive plur.1 bemalenbemaalden
imperative sing. bemaal
imperative plur.1 bemaalt
participles bemalendbemaald
1) Archaic.

German

Etymology

be- + malen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈmaːlən/
  • (file)

Verb

bemalen (weak, third-person singular present bemalt, past tense bemalte, past participle bemalt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to paint (to add paint to)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • bemalen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bemalen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bemalen” in Duden online
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