bescheren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bescheren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsxeː.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: be‧sche‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

bescheren

  1. (transitive) to determine, to allot

Inflection

Inflection of bescheren (strong class 4, prefixed)
infinitive bescheren
past singular beschoor
past participle beschoren
infinitive bescheren
gerund bescheren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bescheerbeschoor
2nd person sing. (jij) bescheertbeschoor
2nd person sing. (u) bescheertbeschoor
2nd person sing. (gij) bescheertbeschoort
3rd person singular bescheertbeschoor
plural bescherenbeschoren
subjunctive sing.1 bescherebeschore
subjunctive plur.1 bescherenbeschoren
imperative sing. bescheer
imperative plur.1 bescheert
participles bescherendbeschoren
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • toebescheren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German beschern (to preordain, destine, allot, distribute). Compare Yiddish באַשערט (bashert, predestined).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈʃeːʁən]
  • (file)

Verb

bescheren (third-person singular simple present beschert, past tense bescherte, past participle beschert, auxiliary haben)

  1. To give, bestow, present (chiefly of Christmas presents)
  2. To allot (chiefly by God or fate)

Usage notes

  • In the Christmas sense, bescheren retains its original association with the transcendent to some degree inasmuch as the subject is usually the Christkind or Weihnachtsmann, and only rarely a normal person.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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