bemalen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈmaː.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ma‧len
- Rhymes: -aːlən
Etymology 1
From be- + malen (“to grind”).
Verb
bemalen
- (transitive) to drain (a polder, or other piece of land or body of water) by means of mills or pump houses
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bemalen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bemalen | |||
| past singular | bemaalde | |||
| past participle | bemalen | |||
| infinitive | bemalen | |||
| gerund | bemalen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bemaal | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bemaalt, bemaal2 | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| plural | bemalen | bemaalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bemale | bemaalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bemalen | bemaalden | ||
| imperative sing. | bemaal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bemaalt | |||
| participles | bemalend | bemalen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- bemaling
Etymology 2
From be- + malen (“to paint”).
Verb
bemalen
- (transitive, obsolete) to paint, apply paint to
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bemalen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bemalen | |||
| past singular | bemaalde | |||
| past participle | bemaald | |||
| infinitive | bemalen | |||
| gerund | bemalen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bemaal | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bemaalt, bemaal2 | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bemaalt | bemaalde | ||
| plural | bemalen | bemaalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bemale | bemaalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bemalen | bemaalden | ||
| imperative sing. | bemaal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bemaalt | |||
| participles | bemalend | bemaald | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈmaːlən/
Audio: (file)
Verb
bemalen (weak, third-person singular present bemalt, past tense bemalte, past participle bemalt, auxiliary haben)
- to paint (to add paint to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bemalen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bemalen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bemalend | ||||
| past participle | bemalt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bemale | wir bemalen | i | ich bemale | wir bemalen |
| du bemalst | ihr bemalt | du bemalest | ihr bemalet | ||
| er bemalt | sie bemalen | er bemale | sie bemalen | ||
| preterite | ich bemalte | wir bemalten | ii | ich bemalte1 | wir bemalten1 |
| du bemaltest | ihr bemaltet | du bemaltest1 | ihr bemaltet1 | ||
| er bemalte | sie bemalten | er bemalte1 | sie bemalten1 | ||
| imperative | bemal (du) bemale (du) |
bemalt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of bemalen (weak, auxiliary haben)