bestel

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈstɛl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧stel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch bestel.

Noun[edit]

bestel n (plural bestellen, diminutive bestelletje n)

  1. order, establishment (especially political)
  2. (obsolete) matter, issue
  3. (obsolete) governance, rule
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Negerhollands: bestel

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

bestel

  1. inflection of bestellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bestel

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of bestaile