beseffen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsɛfən/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧sef‧fen
- Rhymes: -ɛfən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch beseffen, from Old Dutch *biseffen, from bi- + *seffen. The latter part is from Proto-Germanic *sabjaną.
Verb
beseffen
- (transitive) to realize
- Synonym: realiseren
Usage notes
In prescriptive usage, beseffen is not reflexive, but occasionally it is used reflexively: zich beseffen. This is probably a contamination of realiseren (“to realize”), which has the same meaning, but is reflexive.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of beseffen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beseffen | |||
| past singular | besefte | |||
| past participle | beseft | |||
| infinitive | beseffen | |||
| gerund | beseffen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | besef | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | beseft, besef2 | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | beseft | besefte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | beseft | besefte | ||
| 3rd person singular | beseft | besefte | ||
| plural | beseffen | beseften | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | beseffe | besefte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beseffen | beseften | ||
| imperative sing. | besef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | beseft | |||
| participles | beseffend | beseft | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
beseffen
- plural of besef
Further reading
- “beseffen” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.