believen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch believen. Equivalent to be- +‎ lieven.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈlivə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧lie‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ivən

Verb

believen

  1. (transitive) to please, to appease
    • 1952, Sprookjes van een spook. (Vetālapañcavimśatikā). Uit het Sanskriet vert. door J. A. B. van Buitenen, 43.
      Waarom zulke inspanning om die bedelmonnik te believen?
      Why do you do so much effort to please that mendicant monk?

Inflection
Inflection of believen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive believen
past singular beliefde
past participle beliefd
infinitive believen
gerund believen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beliefbeliefde
2nd person sing. (jij) belieftbeliefde
2nd person sing. (u) belieftbeliefde
2nd person sing. (gij) belieftbeliefde
3rd person singular belieftbeliefde
plural believenbeliefden
subjunctive sing.1 believebeliefde
subjunctive plur.1 believenbeliefden
imperative sing. belief
imperative plur.1 belieft
participles believendbeliefd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: believ, belief

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