bespannen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbəˈspɑ.nə(n)/
- Hyphenation: be‧span‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɑnən
Etymology 1
From be- + spannen (“to stretch, span”).
Verb
bespannen
- (transitive) to span over, to span across
- (transitive) to cover an object with something that is stretched (wires, strings, cloth etc.)
- (transitive) to harness an animal
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bespannen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bespannen | |||
| past singular | bespande | |||
| past participle | bespannen | |||
| infinitive | bespannen | |||
| gerund | bespannen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bespan | bespande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bespant, bespan2 | bespande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bespant | bespande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bespant | bespande | ||
| 3rd person singular | bespant | bespande | ||
| plural | bespannen | bespanden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bespanne | bespande | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bespannen | bespanden | ||
| imperative sing. | bespan | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bespant | |||
| participles | bespannend | bespannen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
bespannen
- past participle of bespannen
Declension
| Declension of bespannen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bespannen | |||
| inflected | bespannen | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | bespannen | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bespannen | ||
| n. sing. | bespannen | |||
| plural | bespannen | |||
| definite | bespannen | |||
| partitive | bespannens | |||