besef

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsɛf/

From Dutch beseffen.

besef (present besef, present participle beseffende, past participle besef)

1. (transitive) to realise, to notice

From Dutch besef.

besef (uncountable)

1. awareness, realisation, sense

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsɛf/

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• Hyphenation: be‧sef
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Deverbal from beseffen.

besef n (plural beseffen, diminutive besefje n)

1. realisation, awareness, sense

• Afrikaans: besef
• → Papiamentu: besef

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

besef

1. inflection of beseffen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative