beneden

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • benee (chiefly informal)
  • benêe (archaic)
  • beneeën, beneen, beneën, beneên (poetic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈneː.də(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beneden, from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *niþanē (“from beneath”).

Adverb

beneden

  1. below
  2. downstairs

Preposition

beneden

  1. under, below, beneath
    mensen beneden de zestig — people under sixty
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: benede
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bener

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneden

  1. inflection of benijden:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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