bescheren
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch bescheren. Equivalent to be- + scheren (“order, arrange, prepare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bescheren
- (transitive) to determine, to allot
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bescheren (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bescheren | |||
past singular | beschoor | |||
past participle | beschoren | |||
infinitive | bescheren | |||
gerund | bescheren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bescheer | beschoor | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bescheert, bescheer2 | beschoor | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bescheert | beschoor | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bescheert | beschoort | ||
3rd person singular | bescheert | beschoor | ||
plural | bescheren | beschoren | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beschere | beschore | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bescheren | beschoren | ||
imperative sing. | bescheer | |||
imperative plur.1 | bescheert | |||
participles | bescherend | beschoren | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
The weak conjugation is obsolete.
Conjugation of bescheren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bescheren | |||
past singular | bescheerde | |||
past participle | bescheerd | |||
infinitive | bescheren | |||
gerund | bescheren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bescheer | bescheerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bescheert, bescheer2 | bescheerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bescheert | bescheerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bescheert | bescheerde | ||
3rd person singular | bescheert | bescheerde | ||
plural | bescheren | bescheerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beschere | bescheerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bescheren | bescheerden | ||
imperative sing. | bescheer | |||
imperative plur.1 | bescheert | |||
participles | bescherend | bescheerd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German beschern (“to preordain, destine, allot, distribute”), from Old High German biskerren, biskerien. Compare Yiddish באַשערט (bashert, “predestined”).
Verb
[edit]bescheren (weak, third-person singular present beschert, past tense bescherte, past participle beschert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to present as a gift (especially Christmas presents) [with accusative ‘someone’ and mit (+ dative) ‘with something’]
- (transitive) to give (Christmas) presents to (someone)
- Wir bescheren die Kinder nach dem Abendessen.
- We give (Christmas) presents to the children after dinner.
- (transitive) to granta, to provide, to bestow, to bring [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
- Dieser Talisman wird dir viel Glück bescheren.
- This talisman will bring you good luck.
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Christmas sense, bescheren retains its original association with the transcendent to some degree inasmuch as the subject is usually the Christkind or Weihnachtsmann, and only rarely a normal person.
- Grimm explains the difference between geben and bescheren:
- Geben und schenken können sich gleiche oder ungleiche untereinander, ja der arme mag dem reichen etwas geben;
- bescheren aber und verleihen geht aus von einer höheren oder der höchsten hand.
- Thus, bescheren is always associated with some kind of higher power, like nature, future, fate, God or gods.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bescheren | ||||
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present participle | bescherend | ||||
past participle | beschert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschere | wir bescheren | i | ich beschere | wir bescheren |
du bescherst | ihr beschert | du bescherest | ihr bescheret | ||
er beschert | sie bescheren | er beschere | sie bescheren | ||
preterite | ich bescherte | wir bescherten | ii | ich bescherte1 | wir bescherten1 |
du beschertest | ihr beschertet | du beschertest1 | ihr beschertet1 | ||
er bescherte | sie bescherten | er bescherte1 | sie bescherten1 | ||
imperative | bescher (du) beschere (du) |
beschert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- Bescheren f
- Bescherung f
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German beschern (“to shave someones hair, to cut hair”), from Old High German biskeran, from Proto-West Germanic *biskeran.
Verb
[edit]bescheren (weak or class 4 strong, third-person singular present beschert or ([obsolete]) beschirt, past tense bescherte or beschor, past participle beschert or beschoren, past subjunctive bescherte or beschäre, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]The obsolete strong form beschir- also applied to the first present singular: ich beschir.
infinitive | bescheren | ||||
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present participle | bescherend | ||||
past participle | beschert beschoren | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschere | wir bescheren | i | ich beschere | wir bescheren |
du bescherst du beschirst1 |
ihr beschert | du bescherest | ihr bescheret | ||
er beschert er beschirt1 |
sie bescheren | er beschere | sie bescheren | ||
preterite | ich bescherte ich beschor |
wir bescherten wir beschoren |
ii | ich bescherte2 ich beschäre2 |
wir bescherten2 wir beschären2 |
du beschertest du beschorst |
ihr beschertet ihr beschort |
du beschertest2 du beschärest2 du beschärst2 |
ihr beschertet2 ihr beschäret2 ihr beschärt2 | ||
er bescherte er beschor |
sie bescherten sie beschoren |
er bescherte2 er beschäre2 |
sie bescherten2 sie beschären2 | ||
imperative | bescher (du) beschere (du) beschir (du)1 |
beschert (ihr) |
1[obsolete].
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms prefixed with be-
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːrən
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːrən/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch transitive verbs
- Dutch class 4 strong verbs
- Dutch prefixed verbs
- Dutch prefixed verbs with be-
- Dutch weak verbs
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- German terms with usage examples
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German strong verbs
- German class 4 strong verbs
- German terms with archaic senses
- Regional German
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