bemannen

Dutch

Etymology

From man + be- -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈmɑnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧man‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɑnən

Verb

bemannen

  1. (transitive) to man (to supply with staff or crew)
    Coordinate terms: bemensen, bevrouwen
    Admiraliteiten waren verantwoordelijk voor het uitrusten en bemannen van schepen.
    Admiralties were responsible for the equipping and manning of ships.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes the gender-neutral bemensen is used instead. The feminine equivalent bevrouwen is rare.

Inflection

Conjugation of bemannen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bemannen
past singular bemande
past participle bemand
infinitive bemannen
gerund bemannen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bemanbemande
2nd person sing. (jij) bemantbemande
2nd person sing. (u) bemantbemande
2nd person sing. (gij) bemantbemande
3rd person singular bemantbemande
plural bemannenbemanden
subjunctive sing.1 bemannebemande
subjunctive plur.1 bemannenbemanden
imperative sing. beman
imperative plur.1 bemant
participles bemannendbemand
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Mann + be- -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈmanən/
  • (file)

Verb

bemannen (weak, third-person singular present bemannt, past tense bemannte, past participle bemannt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to man (to supply with staff or crew)
    bemannter Flug(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • bemannen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bemannen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bemannen” in Duden online
  • bemannen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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