/ˈʋɛː.zən/, /ˈvɛː.zən/, /ˈwɛː.zən/
- intransitiveTo be, to exist.
“Wesen oder nich wesen, dat is de Fraag.” — To be or not to be, that is the question.
“Weerst du dor Saterdag ook?” — Were you there too Saturday?
- copulative, transitiveUsed to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
“De Straat is breet.” — The street is broad.
- auxiliary, transitiveUsed to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
“He is hier nie west.” — He has never been here.
- auxiliary, transitiveNote: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.
- auxiliary, transitiveUsed to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
“Se weren höört.” — They had been heard.
“De Wagen schall köfft wesen.” — The car will have been bought.
- auxiliary, transitiveNote: The imperfect tense passive is formed using warrn.
- auxiliary, transitiveUsed to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't.
“De Hund weer an't Lopen.” — The dog was running.
- intransitiveTo go, to go on a trip and return.
“Ik bün för en Wiel na de Dokter.” — I am going to the doctor for a while.
“He is vundaag na Düsseldörp west.” — He's been to Düsseldorf today.
- impersonal, intransitiveUsed to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition.
“Dat is böös warm vundaag.” — It is very warm today.
- copulative, transitiveTo equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an.
“Dree Mal fief is gliek (an) föffteihn.” — Three times five equals fifteen.
- intransitiveTo have the next turn in a game.
“Nu büst du.” — It is your turn now.
- It is, be
“Mi is dat koolt nu.” — To me it is cold. (“I feel cold.”)
Formenweer(past, singular) · wesen(participle, past) · west(participle, past) · wesen(auxiliary) · wesen(infinitive) · bin(first-person, present, singular) · bün(first-person, present, singular) · sin(first-person, present, singular) · sen(first-person, present, singular) · weer(first-person, preterite, singular) · was(first-person, preterite, singular) · bist(present, second-person, singular) · büst(present, second-person, singular) · weerst(preterite, second-person, singular) · weres(preterite, second-person, singular) · is(present, singular, third-person) · es(present, singular, third-person) · ös(present, singular, third-person) · weer(preterite, singular, third-person) · was(preterite, singular, third-person)
Born: Wiktionary