briefen

English

Etymology

From brief +‎ -en.

Verb

briefen (third-person singular simple present briefens, present participle briefening, simple past and past participle briefened)

1. (ambitransitive) To make or become brief
   • 1897, The Chicago Clinical Review, volume 6, page 594:

     Many of the more striking facts should be briefened in language and laid before the entire medical world.

   • 1907, Proceedings at the ... Annual Meeting of the Free Religious Association, volume 40:

     It briefens the creeds; it federates the sects; it seeks for religious unity; it gives itself, with a devotion which may well challenge our respect, to the alleviation of human misery and to the reform of the social and political order.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English brief.

Pronunciation

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Verb

briefen

1. (transitive) to brief

Conjugation

Conjugation of briefen (weak)
infinitive	briefen
past singular	briefde
past participle	gebriefd
infinitive	briefen
gerund	briefen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	brief	briefde
2nd person sing. (jij)	brieft, brief2	briefde
2nd person sing. (u)	brieft	briefde
2nd person sing. (gij)	brieft	briefde
3rd person singular	brieft	briefde
plural	briefen	briefden
subjunctive sing.1	briefe	briefde
subjunctive plur.1	briefen	briefden
imperative sing.	brief
imperative plur.1	brieft
participles	briefend	gebriefd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Conjugation of briefen (weak)
infinitive	briefen
past singular	briefte
past participle	gebrieft
infinitive	briefen
gerund	briefen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	brief	briefte
2nd person sing. (jij)	brieft, brief2	briefte
2nd person sing. (u)	brieft	briefte
2nd person sing. (gij)	brieft	briefte
3rd person singular	brieft	briefte
plural	briefen	brieften
subjunctive sing.1	briefe	briefte
subjunctive plur.1	briefen	brieften
imperative sing.	brief
imperative plur.1	brieft
participles	briefend	gebrieft
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Related terms

• briefing
• debriefen, debriefing