beleren
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Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]beleren f (plural belerennow)
- singulative of beler (“cress”)
Derived terms
[edit]- beleren lowarth (“garden cress, rocket”)
Mutation
[edit]unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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beleren | veleren | unchanged | peleren | feleren | veleren |
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From be- + leren. Perhaps borrowed from German belehren, which is more common.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beleren
- (transitive) to reprimand, to criticise (now usually connoting pedantry)
- Synonym: terechtwijzen
- De leraar besloot de studenten streng te beleren over hun slordige werk.
- The teacher decided to reprimand the students sternly for their sloppy work.
- Hij heeft de neiging om anderen te beleren over hun fouten, wat soms als betuttelend wordt ervaren.
- He has a tendency to criticize others for their mistakes, which is sometimes perceived as pedantic.
- De oudere collega houdt ervan om zijn jongere collega's te beleren over de juiste werkwijze, zelfs als ze het al goed doen.
- The older colleague enjoys lecturing his younger colleagues on the correct way of doing things, even when they are already doing it well.
- (transitive, dated) to educate [from late 16th c.]
- Synonyms: onderrichten, onderwijzen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of beleren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | beleren | |||
past singular | beleerde | |||
past participle | beleerd | |||
infinitive | beleren | |||
gerund | beleren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beleer | beleerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | beleert, beleer2 | beleerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | beleert | beleerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | beleert | beleerde | ||
3rd person singular | beleert | beleerde | ||
plural | beleren | beleerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | belere | beleerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | beleren | beleerden | ||
imperative sing. | beleer | |||
imperative plur.1 | beleert | |||
participles | belerend | beleerd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
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