beseffen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsɛfən/

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• Hyphenation: be‧sef‧fen
• Rhymes: -ɛfən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beseffen, from Old Dutch *biseffen, from bi- +‎ *seffen. The latter part is from Proto-Germanic *sabjaną.

Verb

beseffen

1. (transitive) to realize

Usage notes

Beseffen is not reflexive, but occasionally it is wrongly used reflexively: zich beseffen. This is probably a contamination of zich realiseren (“to realize”), with the same meaning, but reflexive.

Inflection

Inflection of beseffen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	beseffen
past singular	besefte
past participle	beseft
infinitive	beseffen
gerund	beseffen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	besef	besefte
2nd person sing. (jij)	beseft	besefte
2nd person sing. (u)	beseft	besefte
2nd person sing. (gij)	beseft	besefte
3rd person singular	beseft	besefte
plural	beseffen	beseften
subjunctive sing.1	beseffe	besefte
subjunctive plur.1	beseffen	beseften
imperative sing.	besef
imperative plur.1	beseft
participles	beseffend	beseft
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

beseffen

1. plural of besef

Further reading

• “beseffen” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.