bezien

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈzin/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧zien
  • Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch besien, from Old Dutch bisian, from Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- +‎ zien. Cognate with English besee, German besehen.

Verb

bezien

  1. (transitive) to have a closer look at
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to view, to behold
Inflection
Inflection of bezien (strong class 5, irregular, prefixed)
infinitive bezien
past singular bezag
past participle bezien
infinitive bezien
gerund bezien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beziebezag
2nd person sing. (jij) bezietbezag
2nd person sing. (u) bezietbezag
2nd person sing. (gij) bezietbezaagt
3rd person singular bezietbezag
plural bezienbezagen
subjunctive sing.1 beziebezage
subjunctive plur.1 bezienbezagen
imperative sing. bezie
imperative plur.1 beziet
participles beziendbezien
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

bezien

  1. past participle of bezien
Inflection
Inflection of bezien
uninflected bezien
inflected beziene
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial bezien
indefinite m./f. sing. beziene
n. sing. bezien
plural beziene
definite beziene
partitive beziens
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