bevestigen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bevestigen, replacing older bevesten. By surface analysis, be- + vestigen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈvɛstəɣə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ves‧ti‧gen
Verb
bevestigen
- (transitive) to fasten, attach
- Er is daarnaast de mogelijkheid om het apparaat aan de muur te bevestigen. ― It is also possible to attach the device to the wall.
- (transitive) to confirm
- Synonym: verifiëren
- Ik kan dat gerucht niet bevestigen. ― I cannot confirm that rumor.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bevestigen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bevestigen | |||
| past singular | bevestigde | |||
| past participle | bevestigd | |||
| infinitive | bevestigen | |||
| gerund | bevestigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bevestig | bevestigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bevestigt, bevestig2 | bevestigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bevestigt | bevestigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bevestigt | bevestigde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bevestigt | bevestigde | ||
| plural | bevestigen | bevestigden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bevestige | bevestigde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bevestigen | bevestigden | ||
| imperative sing. | bevestig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bevestigt | |||
| participles | bevestigend | bevestigd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||