"bestaan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Etymology: From Dutch bestaan, from Middle Dutch bestaen. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|bestaan}} Dutch bestaan, {{inh|af|dum|bestaen}} Middle Dutch bestaen Head templates: {{head|af|noun|uncountable|||-|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} bestaan (uncountable), {{af-noun|-}} bestaan (uncountable)
  1. existence Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bestaan-af-noun-ImaeONww

Verb [Afrikaans]

Forms: bestaan [present], bestaande [participle, present], bestaan [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch bestaan, from Middle Dutch bestaen. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|bestaan}} Dutch bestaan, {{inh|af|dum|bestaen}} Middle Dutch bestaen Head templates: {{af-verb|bestaande|bestaan}} bestaan (present bestaan, present participle bestaande, past participle bestaan)
  1. (intransitive) to exist Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bestaan-af-verb-n-Jbd-ah Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /bəˈstaːn/ Audio: Nl-bestaan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: Gerund of the verb bestaan. Etymology templates: {{m|nl|bestaan}} bestaan Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} bestaan n (uncountable)
  1. existence Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bestaan-nl-noun-ImaeONww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /bəˈstaːn/ Audio: Nl-bestaan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle Dutch bestaen. Equivalent to be- + staan. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|bestaen}} Middle Dutch bestaen, {{prefix|nl|be|staan}} be- + staan Head templates: {{nl-verb}} bestaan Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-st|sta|stond|staan|sta|class=6|pref=be}} Forms: irregular strong [table-tags], bestaan [infinitive], bestaan [gerund, neuter], besta [first-person, present, singular], bestond [first-person, past, singular], bestaat [present, second-person, singular], bestond [past, second-person, singular], bestaat [formal, present, second-person, singular], bestond [formal, past, second-person, singular], bestaat [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], bestaat [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], bestondt [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], bestondt [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], bestaat [present, singular, third-person], bestond [past, singular, third-person], bestaan [plural, present], bestonden [past, plural], besta [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], bestonde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], bestaan [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], bestonden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], besta [imperative, present, singular], bestaat [archaic, imperative, plural, present], bestaand [participle, present], bestaan [participle, past]
  1. (intransitive) to exist, to be Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bestaan-nl-verb-waRobv82 Categories (other): Dutch prefixed verbs with be-, Dutch terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with be-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with be-: 55 45
  2. (intransitive) to consist, to be made [+ uit (object) = out of] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bestaan-nl-verb-2NxWc5v2 Categories (other): Dutch prefixed verbs with be-, Dutch terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with be-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with be-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bestand
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /bəˈstaːn/ Audio: Nl-bestaan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
  1. past participle of bestaan Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: bestaan
    Sense id: en-bestaan-nl-verb-GnXAzg88 Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 3 63 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 28 5 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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