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bezichtigen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From zicht +‎ be- -igen, replacing earlier bezichten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈzɪxtəɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧zich‧ti‧gen

Verb

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bezichtigen

  1. (transitive, formal) to behold
  2. (transitive, formal) to sightsee, to view
    De steen van Rosette kan worden bezichtigd in het British Museum in Londen, waar hij al sinds 1802 wordt bewaard.
    The Rosetta stone can be viewed at the British Museum in London, where it has been kept ever since 1802.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bezichtigen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bezichtigen
past singular bezichtigde
past participle bezichtigd
infinitive bezichtigen
gerund bezichtigen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bezichtig bezichtigde
2nd person sing. (jij) bezichtigt, bezichtig2 bezichtigde
2nd person sing. (u) bezichtigt bezichtigde
2nd person sing. (gij) bezichtigt bezichtigde
3rd person singular bezichtigt bezichtigde
plural bezichtigen bezichtigden
subjunctive sing.1 bezichtige bezichtigde
subjunctive plur.1 bezichtigen bezichtigden
imperative sing. bezichtig
imperative plur.1 bezichtigt
participles bezichtigend bezichtigd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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Middle High German bezichtec (accused) +‎ -en, from bezicht (accusation), from bezīhen (to accuse), from Old High German bizīhen.[1] Compare zeihen and Dutch betichten. Replaced older bezichten.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bezichtigen (weak, third-person singular present bezichtigt, past tense bezichtigte, past participle bezichtigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to accuse [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘of something’]
    Frau Müller wurde der Steuerhinterziehung bezichtigt.
    Frau Müller was accused of tax evasion.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “bezichtigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 107

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