beneden

Dutch

Alternative forms

• benee (chiefly informal)
• benêe (archaic)
• beneeën, beneen, beneën, beneên (poetic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈneː.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧den
• Rhymes: -eːdən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beneden, from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *niþanē (“from beneath”).

Adverb

beneden

1. below
2. downstairs

Preposition

beneden

1. under, below, beneath

   mensen beneden de zestig — people under sixty

Antonyms

• boven

Derived terms

• beneden de Moerdijk
• benedenwaarts
• naar beneden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: benede
• Skepi Creole Dutch: bener

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneden

1. inflection of benijden:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• beenden