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Definition 2024
begeven
begeven
Dutch
Verb
begeven
- (intransitive, with het as object) to give way, to collapse, to break down
- De brug begaf het.
- The bridge collapsed.
- De brug begaf het.
- (reflexive) to go (somewhere), move towards
- zich naar huis begeven
- to go home
- zich naar huis begeven
Inflection
| Inflection of begeven (strong class 5, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begeven | |||
| past singular | begaf | |||
| past participle | begeven | |||
| infinitive | begeven | |||
| gerund | begeven n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | begeef | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | begeeft | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | begeeft | begaf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | begeeft | begaaft | ||
| 3rd person singular | begeeft | begaf | ||
| plural | begeven | begaven | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | begeve | begave | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | begeven | begaven | ||
| imperative sing. | begeef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | begeeft | |||
| participles | begevend | begeven | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Participle
begeven
Inflection
| Inflection of begeven | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | begeven | |||
| inflected | begeven | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | begeven | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | begeven | ||
| n. sing. | begeven | |||
| plural | begeven | |||
| definite | begeven | |||
| partitive | begevens | |||