bestendigen
Dutch
Etymology
From bestendig + -en, calque of German beständigen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈstɛndəɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧sten‧di‧gen
Verb
bestendigen
- (transitive) to perpetuate, to prolong, to reinforce, to consolidate [from late 17th c.]
- De wet is aangenomen om de vrede te bestendigen tussen de twee landen.
- The law was passed to perpetuate peace between the two countries.
- Het nieuwe beleid zal de economische groei bestendigen en stimuleren.
- The new policy will prolong and stimulate economic growth.
- De overheid heeft maatregelen genomen om de sociale cohesie te bestendigen en te versterken.
- The government has taken measures to reinforce and strengthen social cohesion.
- De nieuwe regering zal proberen de hervormingen van het vorige regime te bestendigen en te consolideren.
- The new government will try to consolidate and solidify the reforms of the previous regime.
Inflection
| Inflection of bestendigen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bestendigen | |||
| past singular | bestendigde | |||
| past participle | bestendigd | |||
| infinitive | bestendigen | |||
| gerund | bestendigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bestendig | bestendigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bestendigt | bestendigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bestendigt | bestendigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bestendigt | bestendigde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bestendigt | bestendigde | ||
| plural | bestendigen | bestendigden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bestendige | bestendigde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bestendigen | bestendigden | ||
| imperative sing. | bestendig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bestendigt | |||
| participles | bestendigend | bestendigd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- consolideren
- in stand houden
Derived terms
- bestendiging
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