bestrijken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch bestriken, from Old Dutch *bistrīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistrīkan. Equivalent to be- strijken. Cognate with German bestreichen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bestrijken
- (transitive) to smear, spread
- (transitive) to cover, to be spread across
- Europa bestrijkt een gebied van 10.400.000 km².
- Europe covers an area of 10,400,000 square kilometers.
- (transitive, military, of ranged weapon, especially artillery) to reach, to cover (a location or distance)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bestrijken (strong class 1, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bestrijken | |||
past singular | bestreek | |||
past participle | bestreken | |||
infinitive | bestrijken | |||
gerund | bestrijken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bestrijk | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bestrijkt, bestrijk2 | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bestrijkt | bestreekt | ||
3rd person singular | bestrijkt | bestreek | ||
plural | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bestrijke | bestreke | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bestrijken | bestreken | ||
imperative sing. | bestrijk | |||
imperative plur.1 | bestrijkt | |||
participles | bestrijkend | bestreken | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯kən
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