Level B1 · Regular, not separable
Besmetten conjugation
besmetten = to infect, contaminate
- Infinitive
- besmetten
- Past
- besmette · besmetten
- Perfect
- heeft besmet
Quick answer
Besmetten means to infect, contaminate. Past tense: besmette (singular) and besmetten (plural). Past participle: besmet, with hebben: ik heb besmet.
Practise besmettenPresent (tegenwoordige tijd)
| ik | besmet |
| jij | besmet |
| hij/zij/het | besmet |
| wij | besmetten |
| jullie | besmetten |
| zij | besmetten |
Past (verleden tijd)
| ik | besmette |
| jij | besmette |
| hij/zij/het | besmette |
| wij | besmetten |
| jullie | besmetten |
| zij | besmetten |
Perfect (voltooide tijd)
| ik | heb besmet |
| jij | hebt besmet |
| hij/zij/het | heeft besmet |
| wij | hebben besmet |
| jullie | hebben besmet |
| zij | hebben besmet |
Past perfect (voltooid verleden tijd)
| ik | had besmet |
| jij | had besmet |
| hij/zij/het | had besmet |
| wij | hadden besmet |
| jullie | hadden besmet |
| zij | hadden besmet |
Future (toekomende tijd)
| ik | zal besmetten |
| jij | zult besmetten |
| hij/zij/het | zal besmetten |
| wij | zullen besmetten |
| jullie | zullen besmetten |
| zij | zullen besmetten |
Conditional (voorwaardelijke wijs)
| ik | zou besmetten |
| jij | zou besmetten |
| hij/zij/het | zou besmetten |
| wij | zouden besmetten |
| jullie | zouden besmetten |
| zij | zouden besmetten |
Besmetten is not separable
The prefix be- stays attached to the verb in every sentence (ik besmet, dat ik besmet), and the participle gets no extra ge-: besmet.
| Main clause | ik besmet |
| Question | besmet jij? |
| Subordinate clause | … dat ik besmet |
| With a modal verb | ik wil besmetten |
| Perfect tense | ik heb besmet |
| With om ... te | om te besmetten |
| Imperative | besmet! |
Practise besmetten
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Present
How this verb works
- Regular verb. The stem is besmet. The infinitive besmetten has t before -en, one of the sounds in 't kofschip (t, k, f, s, ch, p), so the past tense takes -te (besmette, besmetten) and the participle ends in -t (besmet).
- Verbs that start with be-, ge-, her-, ont-, ver- or er- get no extra ge- in the participle: besmet.
Questions about Dutch verbs
What is the past tense of besmetten?
besmette (ik, jij, hij/zij/het) and besmetten (wij, jullie, zij).
What is the past participle of besmetten?
besmet, with hebben: ik heb besmet.
Is besmetten used with hebben or zijn?
With hebben: ik heb besmet, hij heeft besmet.
Is besmetten a separable verb?
No. The prefix be- never splits off from besmetten (ik besmet, dat ik besmet), and the participle gets no extra ge-: besmet.
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Forms checked against Wiktionary. Compound tenses use the fixed forms of hebben, zijn, zullen and zou.