bewassen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbəˈʋɑ.sə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: be‧was‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɑsən

Etymology 1

From be- + wassen (to wash).

Verb

bewassen

  1. (transitive) to clean by washing
Inflection
Inflection of bewassen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive bewassen
past singular bewaste
past participle bewassen
infinitive bewassen
gerund bewassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bewasbewaste
2nd person sing. (jij) bewastbewaste
2nd person sing. (u) bewastbewaste
2nd person sing. (gij) bewastbewaste
3rd person singular bewastbewaste
plural bewassenbewasten
subjunctive sing.1 bewassebewaste
subjunctive plur.1 bewassenbewasten
imperative sing. bewas
imperative plur.1 bewast
participles bewassendbewassen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bewassen. Equivalent to be- + wassen (to grow).

Verb

bewassen

  1. (transitive, of plants) to grow upon, to cover with growths
Inflection
Inflection of bewassen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive bewassen
past singular bewies
past participle bewassen
infinitive bewassen
gerund bewassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bewasbewies
2nd person sing. (jij) bewastbewies
2nd person sing. (u) bewastbewies
2nd person sing. (gij) bewastbewiest
3rd person singular bewastbewies
plural bewassenbewiesen
subjunctive sing.1 bewassebewiese
subjunctive plur.1 bewassenbewiesen
imperative sing. bewas
imperative plur.1 bewast
participles bewassendbewassen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

From be- + wassen (to rub with wax) or was (wax) + be- -en.

Verb

bewassen

  1. (transitive) to cover with wax
Inflection
Inflection of bewassen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bewassen
past singular bewaste
past participle bewast
infinitive bewassen
gerund bewassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bewasbewaste
2nd person sing. (jij) bewastbewaste
2nd person sing. (u) bewastbewaste
2nd person sing. (gij) bewastbewaste
3rd person singular bewastbewaste
plural bewassenbewasten
subjunctive sing.1 bewassebewaste
subjunctive plur.1 bewassenbewasten
imperative sing. bewas
imperative plur.1 bewast
participles bewassendbewast
1) Archaic.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

bewassen

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