bevangen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈvɑ.ŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧van‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bevangen, from bevaen, from Old Dutch bifān. Equivalent to be- +‎ vangen.

Verb

bevangen

  1. (transitive, now chiefly figurative) to catch, to grasp
Conjugation
Conjugation of bevangen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive bevangen
past singular beving
past participle bevangen
infinitive bevangen
gerund bevangen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bevang beving
2nd person sing. (jij) bevangt, bevang2 beving
2nd person sing. (u) bevangt beving
2nd person sing. (gij) bevangt bevingt
3rd person singular bevangt beving
plural bevangen bevingen
subjunctive sing.1 bevange bevinge
subjunctive plur.1 bevangen bevingen
imperative sing. bevang
imperative plur.1 bevangt
participles bevangend bevangen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

From bevangen (“gripped, grasped”), the past participle of bevangen (“to grip, to grasp”).

Adjective

bevangen (comparative bevangener, superlative bevangenst)

  1. abashed, shy, timid
Antonyms
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