besmetten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch besmetten, from Old Dutch *besmetten, *besmitten, from Proto-West Germanic *bismittjan (“to smear, anoint, stain”). Equivalent to be- +‎ smetten. Cognate with German beschmitzen (“to smear, slander”), Saterland Frisian bismitte (“to stain”), Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsmɛtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧smet‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛtən

Verb

besmetten

  1. (transitive) to infect (with a disease), to contaminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of besmetten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive besmetten
past singular besmette
past participle besmet
infinitive besmetten
gerund besmetten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular besmet besmette
2nd person sing. (jij) besmet besmette
2nd person sing. (u) besmet besmette
2nd person sing. (gij) besmet besmette
3rd person singular besmet besmette
plural besmetten besmetten
subjunctive sing.1 besmette besmette
subjunctive plur.1 besmetten besmetten
imperative sing. besmet
imperative plur.1 besmet
participles besmettend besmet
1) Archaic.

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Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: besmèt
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