bestaan

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch bestaan, from Middle Dutch bestaen. === Verb === bestaan (present bestaan, present participle bestaande, past participle bestaan) (intransitive) to exist === Noun === bestaan (uncountable) existence == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈstaːn/ Hyphenation: be‧staan Rhymes: -aːn === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bestaen. Equivalent to be- +‎ staan. ==== Verb ==== bestaan (intransitive) to exist, to be (intransitive) to consist, to be made [with uit ‘out of’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bestand ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: bestaan Negerhollands: bestaan === Etymology 2 === Gerund of the verb bestaan. ==== Noun ==== bestaan n (uncountable, no diminutive) existence ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: bestaan === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== bestaan (not used adjectivally) past participle of bestaan