bevallen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to please, satisfy
  2. (intransitive) to give birth

bevallen

  1. (transitive) to please, satisfy
  2. (intransitive) to give birth

Concepts

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈvɑlə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch bevallen, from Old Dutch *bifallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan. Equivalent to be- + vallen. Cognate with German befallen (“to affect, seize, infest”).

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