bespaßen

== German == === Alternative forms === bespassen === Etymology === be- +‎ spaßen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈʃpaːsn̩] (Germany) IPA(key): /beˈʃpaːsn̩/, [b̥e-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: be‧spa‧ßen === Verb === bespaßen (weak, third-person singular present bespaßt, past tense bespaßte, past participle bespaßt, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, humorous, transitive) to entertain, to keep entertained (typically of children or those regarded as similarly demanding) Synonyms: unterhalten, amüsieren ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bespaßen Bespaßer Bespaßung === Further reading === “bespaßen” in Duden online “bespaßen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bespaßen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bespaßen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–