besmetten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besmetten, from Old Dutch *besmetten, *besmitten, from Proto-West Germanic *bismittjan (“to smear, anoint, stain”). Equivalent to be- + smetten. Cognate with German beschmitzen (“to smear, slander”), Saterland Frisian bismitte (“to stain”), Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsmɛtə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧smet‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛtən
Inflection
| Inflection of besmetten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | besmetten | |||
| past singular | besmette | |||
| past participle | besmet | |||
| infinitive | besmetten | |||
| gerund | besmetten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | besmet | besmette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | besmet | besmette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | besmet | besmette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | besmet | besmette | ||
| 3rd person singular | besmet | besmette | ||
| plural | besmetten | besmetten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | besmette | besmette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | besmetten | besmetten | ||
| imperative sing. | besmet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | besmet | |||
| participles | besmettend | besmet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- besmettelijk
- besmetter
- besmetting
- herbesmetten
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: besmèt
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