beschaven
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beschaven. Equivalent to be- + schaven. The sense “to civilize” developed from the sense of “to smoothen”, implying that one smoothens and polishes up a person.
Pronunciation
Verb
beschaven
- (transitive) to civilize
- (transitive, obsolete) to smoothen by scraping (with a plane)
- (transitive, obsolete) to rob, to bereave
Inflection
Conjugation of beschaven (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | beschaven | |||
past singular | beschaafde | |||
past participle | beschaafd | |||
infinitive | beschaven | |||
gerund | beschaven n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beschaaf | beschaafde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | beschaaft, beschaaf2 | beschaafde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
3rd person singular | beschaaft | beschaafde | ||
plural | beschaven | beschaafden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beschave | beschaafde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | beschaven | beschaafden | ||
imperative sing. | beschaaf | |||
imperative plur.1 | beschaaft | |||
participles | beschavend | beschaafd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
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