bennen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛnə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ben‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Etymology 1

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Back-formed from ben by analogy with other verbs in which the infinitive is formed by adding -en to the first-person singular form.

Verb

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bennen

  1. (dialectal, Holland) Synonym of zijn (only the infinitive form zijn itself, not the other inflected forms)
    • 1844, “De zilvervloot”, Jan Pieter Heije (lyrics):
      Piet Hein, Piet Hein, Piet Hein zijn naam is klein / Zijn daden bennen groot, zijn daden bennen groot ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
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  • Sometimes the first person singular form ben is also used for all the plural forms.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bennen

  1. plural of ben

Maltese

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Root
b-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَنَّنَ (bannana). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنن (bannan), Tunisian Arabic بنن (bannan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bennen (imperfect jbennen, past participle mbennen)

  1. to flavour

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of bennen
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bennint bennint bennen benninna bennintu bennu
f bennet
imperfect m nbennen tbennen jbennen nbennu tbennu jbennu
f tbennen
imperative bennen bennu