be-

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , ultimately from. See.

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Prefix

 * 1)  By, near, next to, around, close to.
 * 2)  Around; about.
 * 3)  About, regarding, concerning, over.
 * 4)  On, upon, at, to, in contact with something.
 * 5)  Off, away, over, across
 * 6)  As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.
 * 7)  All around; about; abundantly; all over.
 * 1)  Off, away, over, across
 * 2)  As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.
 * 3)  All around; about; abundantly; all over.
 * 1)  As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.
 * 2)  All around; about; abundantly; all over.
 * 1)  All around; about; abundantly; all over.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Usage notes
Not separable. When forming past participles, those generally aren't prepended with the prefix.

Etymology
From, from.

Prefix

 * 1) Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense "having noun".
 * ' ("hair") &rarr; ' ("hairy")
 * ' ("heart") &rarr; ' ("hearty, brave")
 * 1) Forms verbs from adjectives, with the sense "making" (adjective); -ify.
 * ' ("pregnant") &rarr; ' ("impregnate")
 * ' ("calm") &rarr; ' ("calm, soothe")
 * 1) Prepends to verbs, having no effect save making the verb transitive
 * ' &rarr; ' ("doubt")
 * ' &rarr; ' ("fight")

Usage notes
Verbs formed with be- are transitive. Many such words are formed after words.

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , ultimately from.

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Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Usage notes

 * Verbs with this prefix very often take an object in the accusative case.
 * The prefix can be used to convert an intransitive verb into a transitive verb, examples:

Prefix

 * 1)  in

Etymology
From, , from , , from.

Usage notes

 * The verb with this prefix takes very often a direct object (i.e., an object in the accusative case).

Etymology
Prefix form of.

Prefix

 * 1) prefix form of : without, -less

Etymology
From and, from , from.

Usage notes

 * Verbs with this prefix very often take objects in the accusative case.

Etymology
From, , from.

Etymology
From, from. Cognate to.

Prefix

 * vallen (to fall) → bevallen (befall, afflict)
 * singen (to sing) → besingen (to sing about something; to sing for the merit of something)
 * bischop besingen – to ordain someone as bishop while chanting
 * 1) Denotes on top, onto, often used to create figurative meanings.
 * sitten (to sit) → besitten (to sit on top of; to own; to climb onto something; to acquire)
 * 1) Denotes next to, very close.
 * bûwen (to build) → bebûwen (to build too close to something else; to besiege)
 * bûwen (to build) → bebûwen (to build too close to something else; to besiege)

Prefix

 * 1) his, her (indicates secondary or alienable possession, in opposition to . See for example, )

Etymology
An unstressed form of, from.

Usage notes

 * This prefix is always unstressed, in both nouns and verbs.
 * The stressed nominal counterpart is.

Prefix

 * 1) same as German, often found in German loanwords, primarily verbs and words based on verbs

Usage notes
In many cases the prefix doesn't change the meaning at all, it only makes word look more German. In the name of conciseness and readability, Swedish linguists in the late 19th century (, later also Erik Wellander) successfully promoted the idea that this prefix should be dropped from such words, for example turned into.

Etymology
, from.

Prefix

 * 1) -less

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) not;