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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbəˈspɑ.nə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: be‧span‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɑnən

Etymology 1

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From be- +‎ spannen (to stretch, span).

Verb

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bespannen

  1. (transitive) to span over, to span across
  2. (transitive) to cover an object with something that is stretched (wires, strings, cloth etc.)
  3. (transitive) to harness an animal
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bespannen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive bespannen
past singular bespande
past participle bespannen
infinitive bespannen
gerund bespannen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bespan bespande
2nd person sing. (jij) bespant, bespan2 bespande
2nd person sing. (u) bespant bespande
2nd person sing. (gij) bespant bespande
3rd person singular bespant bespande
plural bespannen bespanden
subjunctive sing.1 bespanne bespande
subjunctive plur.1 bespannen bespanden
imperative sing. bespan
imperative plur.1 bespant
participles bespannend bespannen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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bespannen

  1. past participle of bespannen
Declension
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Declension of bespannen
uninflected bespannen
inflected bespannen
positive
predicative/adverbial bespannen
indefinite m./f. sing. bespannen
n. sing. bespannen
plural bespannen
definite bespannen
partitive bespannens