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Definition 2025
bezighouden
bezighouden
Dutch
Verb
bezighouden
- (transitive) to keep busy, to occupy
- (reflexive) to occupy oneself, to be productive
Inflection
| Inflection of bezighouden (strong class 7, slightly irregular, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bezighouden | |||
| past singular | hield bezig | |||
| past participle | beziggehouden | |||
| infinitive | bezighouden | |||
| gerund | bezighouden n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | hou bezig, houd bezig | hield bezig | bezighou, bezighoud | bezighield |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houdt bezig | hield bezig | bezighoudt | bezighield |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houdt bezig | hield bezig | bezighoudt | bezighield |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houdt bezig | hieldt bezig | bezighoudt | bezighieldt |
| 3rd person singular | houdt bezig | hield bezig | bezighoudt | bezighield |
| plural | houden bezig | hielden bezig | bezighouden | bezighielden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | houde bezig | hielde bezig | bezighoude | bezighielde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | houden bezig | hielden bezig | bezighouden | bezighielden |
| imperative sing. | hou bezig, houd bezig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houdt bezig | |||
| participles | bezighoudend | beziggehouden | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||