bestieren
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bestieren. Alternative form of besturen; for a similar vowel alternation (arising from the same regional differences) compare duur and dier(baar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈstiːrə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧stie‧ren
- Rhymes: -iːrən, -irən
Verb
bestieren
- (transitive) alternative form of besturen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bestieren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bestieren | |||
| past singular | bestierde | |||
| past participle | bestierd | |||
| infinitive | bestieren | |||
| gerund | bestieren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bestier | bestierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bestiert, bestier2 | bestierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bestiert | bestierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bestiert | bestierde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bestiert | bestierde | ||
| plural | bestieren | bestierden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bestiere | bestierde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bestieren | bestierden | ||
| imperative sing. | bestier | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bestiert | |||
| participles | bestierend | bestierd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||