bekruisen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bekruizen (uncommon, non-standard)

Etymology

From be- +‎ kruisen (“to make a cross; to traverse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkrœy̯.sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧krui‧sen
• Rhymes: -œy̯sən

Verb

bekruisen

1. (with reflexive pronoun, Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) to make the sign of the cross, to becross oneself
2. (transitive, nautical) to repeatedly traverse a patrol area, to sail on patrol throughout a certain area
3. (transitive) to becross, to put a cross on

Inflection

Conjugation of bekruisen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	bekruisen
past singular	bekruiste
past participle	bekruist
infinitive	bekruisen
gerund	bekruisen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bekruis	bekruiste
2nd person sing. (jij)	bekruist	bekruiste
2nd person sing. (u)	bekruist	bekruiste
2nd person sing. (gij)	bekruist	bekruiste
3rd person singular	bekruist	bekruiste
plural	bekruisen	bekruisten
subjunctive sing.1	bekruise	bekruiste
subjunctive plur.1	bekruisen	bekruisten
imperative sing.	bekruis
imperative plur.1	bekruist
participles	bekruisend	bekruist
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• bekruising