besmetten

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch besmetten, from Old Dutch *besmetten, *besmitten, from Proto-West Germanic *bismittjan (“to smear, anoint, stain”). Equivalent to be- +‎ smetten. Cognate with German beschmitzen (“to smear, slander”), Saterland Frisian bismitte (“to stain”), Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈsmɛtə(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧smet‧ten Rhymes: -ɛtən === Verb === besmetten (transitive) to infect (with a disease), to contaminate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== aansteken infecteren ==== Derived terms ==== besmettelijk besmetter besmetting herbesmetten ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: besmèt