betonen

Danish

Noun

betonen c

  1. definite singular of beton

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtoːnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧to‧nen
  • Rhymes: -oːnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch betonen. Equivalent to be- + tonen.

Verb

betonen

  1. (transitive) to show
Inflection
Conjugation of betonen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive betonen
past singular betoonde
past participle betoond
infinitive betonen
gerund betonen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular betoonbetoonde
2nd person sing. (jij) betoontbetoonde
2nd person sing. (u) betoontbetoonde
2nd person sing. (gij) betoontbetoonde
3rd person singular betoontbetoonde
plural betonenbetoonden
subjunctive sing.1 betonebetoonde
subjunctive plur.1 betonenbetoonden
imperative sing. betoon
imperative plur.1 betoont
participles betonendbetoond
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: betoon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German betonen.

Verb

betonen

  1. (transitive) to emphasize, to accent
Inflection
Conjugation of betonen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive betonen
past singular betoonde
past participle betoond
infinitive betonen
gerund betonen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular betoonbetoonde
2nd person sing. (jij) betoontbetoonde
2nd person sing. (u) betoontbetoonde
2nd person sing. (gij) betoontbetoonde
3rd person singular betoontbetoonde
plural betonenbetoonden
subjunctive sing.1 betonebetoonde
subjunctive plur.1 betonenbetoonden
imperative sing. betoon
imperative plur.1 betoont
participles betonendbetoond
1) Archaic.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From be- + Ton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtoːnən/
  • (file)

Verb

betonen (weak, third-person singular present betont, past tense betonte, past participle betont, auxiliary haben)

  1. to emphasize
  2. to stress

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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