besmeren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch besmeren, from Old Dutch *bismiren, *bismirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *bismirwijan. Equivalent to be- +‎ smeren. Cognate with German beschmieren and English besmear. A variant Hollandic form gave rise to besmeuren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsmeːrə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧sme‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

besmeren

  1. (transitive) to grease, to dirty, to apply grease or dirt to

Conjugation

Conjugation of besmeren (weak, prefixed)
infinitive besmeren
past singular besmeerde
past participle besmeerd
infinitive besmeren
gerund besmeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular besmeer besmeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) besmeert, besmeer2 besmeerde
2nd person sing. (u) besmeert besmeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) besmeert besmeerde
3rd person singular besmeert besmeerde
plural besmeren besmeerden
subjunctive sing.1 besmere besmeerde
subjunctive plur.1 besmeren besmeerden
imperative sing. besmeer
imperative plur.1 besmeert
participles besmerend besmeerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: besmeer
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