believen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch believen. Equivalent to be- + lieven.
Pronunciation
Verb
believen
- (transitive) to please, to appease
- 1952, Sprookjes van een spook. (Vetālapañcavimśatikā). Uit het Sanskriet vert. door J. A. B. van Buitenen, 43.
- Waarom zulke inspanning om die bedelmonnik te believen?
- Why do you do so much effort to please that mendicant monk?
- Waarom zulke inspanning om die bedelmonnik te believen?
- 1952, Sprookjes van een spook. (Vetālapañcavimśatikā). Uit het Sanskriet vert. door J. A. B. van Buitenen, 43.
Inflection
| Conjugation of believen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | believen | |||
| past singular | beliefde | |||
| past participle | beliefd | |||
| infinitive | believen | |||
| gerund | believen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | belief | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | belieft | beliefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | belieft | beliefde | ||
| plural | believen | beliefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | believe | beliefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | believen | beliefden | ||
| imperative sing. | belief | |||
| imperative plur.1 | belieft | |||
| participles | believend | beliefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||