betalen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch betalen. Equivalent to be- + talen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈtaːlə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ta‧len
- Rhymes: -aːlən
Verb
betalen
- (transitive) to pay
- De Javasche Bank betaalt aan toonder vijf gulden.
- The Bank of Java pays to the bearer five gulden.
- (transitive) to pay for, suffer the consequences of
- Synonym: bekopen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of betalen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | betalen | |||
| past singular | betaalde | |||
| past participle | betaald | |||
| infinitive | betalen | |||
| gerund | betalen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | betaal | betaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | betaalt, betaal2 | betaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | betaalt | betaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | betaalt | betaalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | betaalt | betaalde | ||
| plural | betalen | betaalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | betale | betaalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | betalen | betaalden | ||
| imperative sing. | betaal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | betaalt | |||
| participles | betalend | betaald | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||