beschaven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beschaven. Equivalent to be- +‎ schaven. The sense “to civilize” developed from the sense of “to smoothen”, implying that one smoothens and polishes up a person. Compare French poli.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈsxaːvə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧scha‧ven
  • Rhymes: -aːvən

Verb

beschaven

  1. (transitive) to civilize
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to smoothen by scraping (with a plane)
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to rob, to bereave

Inflection
Conjugation of beschaven (weak, prefixed)
infinitive beschaven
past singular beschaafde
past participle beschaafd
infinitive beschaven
gerund beschaven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beschaafbeschaafde
2nd person sing. (jij) beschaaftbeschaafde
2nd person sing. (u) beschaaftbeschaafde
2nd person sing. (gij) beschaaftbeschaafde
3rd person singular beschaaftbeschaafde
plural beschavenbeschaafden
subjunctive sing.1 beschavebeschaafde
subjunctive plur.1 beschavenbeschaafden
imperative sing. beschaaf
imperative plur.1 beschaaft
participles beschavendbeschaafd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
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