bezinnen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besinnen. Equivalent to be- + zinnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈzɪnə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧zin‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɪnən
Verb
bezinnen
- (intransitive) to reflect (i.e. think about)
- Na een drukke week wil ik graag even bezinnen en nadenken over wat ik heb bereikt.
- After a busy week, I like to take a moment to reflect and think about what I have achieved.
- (reflexive) to reconsider, to think carefully
- Hij heeft besloten zich te bezinnen op zijn carrièrekeuzes en eventueel een andere richting in te slaan.
- He has decided to reconsider his career choices and possibly take a different direction.
Inflection
| Inflection of bezinnen (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bezinnen | |||
| past singular | bezon | |||
| past participle | bezonnen | |||
| infinitive | bezinnen | |||
| gerund | bezinnen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bezin | bezon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bezint | bezon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bezint | bezon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bezint | bezont | ||
| 3rd person singular | bezint | bezon | ||
| plural | bezinnen | bezonnen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bezinne | bezonne | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bezinnen | bezonnen | ||
| imperative sing. | bezin | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bezint | |||
| participles | bezinnend | bezonnen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bezinning
- herbezinnen
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