beschuldigen

Dutch

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *biskuldigon, from Proto-West Germanic *biskuldigōn, equivalent to schuld + be- -igen. Replaced older Middle Dutch beschulden by influence of Middle Dutch schuldich (modern Dutch schuldig). Compare Old English besċyldigian (whence Middle English be-schyld), West Frisian beskuldigje, German Low German beschülligen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsxʏldəɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧schul‧di‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ʏldəɣən

Verb

beschuldigen

  1. (transitive) to accuse, blame

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: beskuldig, beskyldig

German

Etymology

be- + schuldig + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃʊldiɡən/
  • (file)

Verb

beschuldigen (weak, third-person singular present beschuldigt, past tense beschuldigte, past participle beschuldigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (ditransitive, accusative + genitive) to accuse, to blame
    Seine Frau hat ihn des Ehebruchs beschuldigt.His wife accused him of adultery.

Usage notes

  • The person accused is in the accusative case; the accusation is in the genitive case.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

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