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

   Synonym: realiseren

Usage notes

In prescriptive usage, beseffen is not reflexive, but occasionally it is used reflexively: zich beseffen. This is probably a contamination of realiseren (“to realize”), which has the same meaning, but is reflexive.

Conjugation

Conjugation 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, besef2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• besef

 

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.