Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈzin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧zien
  • Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch besien, from Old Dutch bisian, from Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (to look, besee), equivalent to be-zien. Cognate with English besee, German besehen.

Verb

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bezien

  1. (transitive) to have a closer look at
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to view, to behold
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bezien (strong class 5, irregular, prefixed)
infinitive bezien
past singular bezag
past participle bezien
infinitive bezien
gerund bezien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bezie bezag
2nd person sing. (jij) beziet, bezie2 bezag
2nd person sing. (u) beziet bezag
2nd person sing. (gij) beziet bezaagt
3rd person singular beziet bezag
plural bezien bezagen
subjunctive sing.1 bezie bezage
subjunctive plur.1 bezien bezagen
imperative sing. bezie
imperative plur.1 beziet
participles beziend bezien
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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bezien

  1. past participle of bezien
Declension
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Declension of bezien
uninflected bezien
inflected beziene
positive
predicative/adverbial bezien
indefinite m./f. sing. beziene
n. sing. bezien
plural beziene
definite beziene
partitive beziens