benen

See also:Benen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbeːnə(n)/

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• Hyphenation:be‧nen
• Rhymes:-eːnən

Etymology 1

Frombeen+‎-en.

Adjective

benen(notcomparable)

1. made ofbone

Declension

Declension ofbenen
uninflected	benen
inflected	benen
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite	m./f.sing.	benen
	n.sing.	benen
	plural	benen
definite		benen
partitive

Etymology 2

Frombeen+‎-en.

Verb

benen

1. (intransitive)towalkin large strides

Conjugation

Conjugation ofbenen(weak)
infinitive	benen
pastsingular	beende
pastparticiple	gebeend
infinitive	benen
gerund	benenn
	present tense	past tense
1st personsingular	been	beende
2nd personsing.(jij)	beent,been2	beende
2nd personsing.(u)	beent	beende
2nd personsing.(gij)	beent	beende
3rd personsingular	beent	beende
plural	benen	beenden
subjunctivesing.1	bene	beende
subjunctiveplur.1	benen	beenden
imperativesing.	been
imperativeplur.1	beent
participles	benend	gebeend
1)Archaic.2)In case ofinversion.

Derived terms

• aanbenen
• afbenen
• bijbenen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

benen

1. pluralofbeen

Swedish

Noun

benen

1. definitepluralofben

Volapük

Noun

benen(nominative pluralbenens)

1. banana

Declension

declension ofbenen

	singular	plural
nominative	benen	benens
genitive	benena	benenas
dative	benene	benenes
accusative	beneni	benenis
vocative1	obenen!	obenens!
predicative2	benenu	benenus

• ¹status as a case is disputed
• ²in later, non-classical Volapük only