bezwijken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beswiken (“to leave, travel, faint”), from Old Dutch biswīcan (“to deceive, seduce”), from Proto-West Germanic *biswīkwan. Equivalent to be- +‎ zwijken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈzʋɛi̯kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧zwij‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən

Verb

bezwijken

  1. (intransitive) to give way, succumb
  2. (intransitive) to expire, to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of bezwijken (strong class 1, prefixed)
infinitive bezwijken
past singular bezweek
past participle bezweken
infinitive bezwijken
gerund bezwijken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bezwijk bezweek
2nd person sing. (jij) bezwijkt, bezwijk2 bezweek
2nd person sing. (u) bezwijkt bezweek
2nd person sing. (gij) bezwijkt bezweekt
3rd person singular bezwijkt bezweek
plural bezwijken bezweken
subjunctive sing.1 bezwijke bezweke
subjunctive plur.1 bezwijken bezweken
imperative sing. bezwijk
imperative plur.1 bezwijkt
participles bezwijkend bezweken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: beswyk
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