bestrijken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bestriken, from Old Dutch *bistrīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistrīkan. Equivalent to be- + strijken. Cognate with German bestreichen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈstrɛi̯kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧strij‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən
Verb
bestrijken
- (transitive) to smear, spread
- (transitive) to cover, to be spread across
- Europa bestrijkt een gebied van 10.400.000 km².
- Europe covers an area of 10,400,000 square kilometers.
- (transitive, military, of ranged weapon, especially artillery) to reach, to cover (a location or distance)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bestrijken (strong class 1, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bestrijken | |||
| past singular | bestreek | |||
| past participle | bestreken | |||
| infinitive | bestrijken | |||
| gerund | bestrijken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bestrijk | bestreek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bestrijkt, bestrijk2 | bestreek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bestrijkt | bestreekt | ||
| 3rd person singular | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
| plural | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bestrijke | bestreke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
| imperative sing. | bestrijk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bestrijkt | |||
| participles | bestrijkend | bestreken | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- bestrijking