beschenken

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ schenken.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsxɛŋ.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧schen‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb[edit]

beschenken

  1. (transitive, with the recipient as the direct object and the transferred indicated with "met") to bestow (on), to confer
    De sint beschonk hen met een fles bisschopswijn.
    Saint Nick bestowed a bottle of orange-based mulled wine on them.
  2. (transitive, with the recipient as the direct object) to give a drink
    De sint beschonk hen met een fles bisschopswijn.
    Saint Nick gave them a bottle of orange-based mulled wine for a drink.
  3. (reflexive) to get drunk
    De sint beschonk zich met een fles bisschopswijn.
    Saint Nick got drunk on a bottle of orange-based mulled wine.

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of beschenken (strong class 3b, prefixed)
infinitive beschenken
past singular beschonk
past participle beschonken
infinitive beschenken
gerund beschenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beschenk beschonk
2nd person sing. (jij) beschenkt beschonk
2nd person sing. (u) beschenkt beschonk
2nd person sing. (gij) beschenkt beschonkt
3rd person singular beschenkt beschonk
plural beschenken beschonken
subjunctive sing.1 beschenke beschonke
subjunctive plur.1 beschenken beschonken
imperative sing. beschenk
imperative plur.1 beschenkt
participles beschenkend beschonken
1) Archaic.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

be- +‎ schenken

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃɛŋkn̩/
  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃɛŋkŋ̩/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧schen‧ken

Verb[edit]

beschenken (weak, third-person singular present beschenkt, past tense beschenkte, past participle beschenkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to endow
  2. to present, to gift
    jemanden reich beschenken(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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