begrip
English
Verb
begrip (third-person singular simple present begrips, present participle begripping, simple past and past participle begripped)
- (transitive) To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
- 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:
- Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]
- 1913, Archibald Allan, Space and personality:
- They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.
- 1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:
- Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]
- 2002, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals:
- A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]
- 2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:
- He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.
- 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch *bigrip. Formed based on begrijpen from the original nominative form of greep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɣrɪp/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧grip
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Noun
begrip n (plural begrippen, diminutive begripje n)
- understanding, comprehension
- Ik heb geen begrip van wiskunde.
- I have no comprehension of mathematics.
- Dat gaat mijn begrip te boven.
- That is beyond my comprehension.
- Synonym: onbegrip
- understanding, empathy
- Ze was vol begrip.
- She was full of understanding.
- notion, concept, term
- Verklaar dit begrip.
- Explain this notion.
- institution (well-known entity)
- Die bakker is echt een begrip in deze plaats.
- That bakery is an institution in this town.
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