bezichtigen

From zicht +‎ be- -igen, replacing earlier bezichten.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈzɪxtəɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧zich‧ti‧gen

bezichtigen

1. (transitive, formal) to behold
2. (transitive, formal) to sightsee, to view

   De steen van Rosette kan worden bezichtigd in het British Museum in Londen, waar hij al sinds 1802 wordt bewaard.

   The Rosetta stone can be viewed at the British Museum in London, where it has been kept ever since 1802.

• bezichtiging

Middle High German bezichtec (“accused”) +‎ -en, from bezicht (“accusation”), from bezīhen (“to accuse”), from Old High German bizīhen.^[1] Compare zeihen and Dutch betichten. Replaced older bezichten.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtsɪçtɪɡən/

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bezichtigen (weak, third-person singular present bezichtigt, past tense bezichtigte, past participle bezichtigt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to accuse [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘of something’]

   Frau Müller wurde der Steuerhinterziehung bezichtigt.

   Frau Müller was accused of tax evasion.

• Bezicht
• Bezichtigung

• “bezichtigen” in Duden online
• “bezichtigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bezichtigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.