bedotten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bedodden (Brabant)
Etymology
A merger of two earlier verbs:
- bedodden (“deceive”), from Middle Dutch dodden.
- bedotten (“confuse”), from Middle Dutch dotten, dutten.
Pronunciation
Verb
bedotten
- (transitive) to mislead, to trick
- (transitive) to cheat, to scam
Inflection
| Conjugation of bedotten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bedotten | |||
| past singular | bedotte | |||
| past participle | bedot | |||
| infinitive | bedotten | |||
| gerund | bedotten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bedot | bedotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bedot | bedotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bedot | bedotte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bedot | bedotte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bedot | bedotte | ||
| plural | bedotten | bedotten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bedotte | bedotte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bedotten | bedotten | ||
| imperative sing. | bedot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bedot | |||
| participles | bedottend | bedot | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||