betichten

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly formed from Middle Dutch beticht (“legal claim, accusation”). However, beticht does not appear to be attested in modern Dutch (after 1500) whereas the verb betichten only appears around that time. Since it is unlikely that a verb would be formed from a noun that was falling out of use already, it is likely that it was formed directly as ticht ‎ be- -en instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtɪxtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧tich‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪxtən

Verb

betichten

1. (transitive) to accuse

Usage notes

• Betichten is generally used to indicate a greater level of scepticism or contestability about the accusation than beschuldigen.
• In Belgium betichten is used as a legal term: Zij werd beticht van fraude (“She was accused of fraud”). In the Netherlands it is mainly used in more formal registers for nonlegal accusations: De polemist betichtte zijn tegenstanders van trouweloosheid (“The polemicist accused his opponents of unfaithfulness”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of betichten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	betichten
past singular	betichtte
past participle	beticht
infinitive	betichten
gerund	betichten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	beticht	betichtte
2nd person sing. (jij)	beticht	betichtte
2nd person sing. (u)	beticht	betichtte
2nd person sing. (gij)	beticht	betichtte
3rd person singular	beticht	betichtte
plural	betichten	betichtten
subjunctive sing.1	betichte	betichtte
subjunctive plur.1	betichten	betichtten
imperative sing.	beticht
imperative plur.1	beticht
participles	betichtend	beticht
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• betichting