bespannen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbəˈspɑ.nə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: be‧span‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɑnən

Etymology 1

From be- +‎ spannen (“to stretch, span”).

Verb

bespannen

  1. (transitive) to span over, to span across
  2. (transitive) to cover an object with something that is stretched (wires, strings, cloth etc.)
  3. (transitive) to harness an animal
Inflection
Inflection of bespannen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive bespannen
past singular bespande
past participle bespannen
infinitive bespannen
gerund bespannen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bespanbespande
2nd person sing. (jij) bespantbespande
2nd person sing. (u) bespantbespande
2nd person sing. (gij) bespantbespande
3rd person singular bespantbespande
plural bespannenbespanden
subjunctive sing.1 bespannebespande
subjunctive plur.1 bespannenbespanden
imperative sing. bespan
imperative plur.1 bespant
participles bespannendbespannen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

bespannen

  1. past participle of bespannen
Inflection
Inflection of bespannen
uninflected bespannen
inflected bespannen
positive
predicative/adverbial bespannen
indefinite m./f. sing. bespannen
n. sing. bespannen
plural bespannen
definite bespannen
partitive bespannens
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