different between begrip vs begripe

English

Etymology

From be- +? grip. Compare begripe.

Verb

begrip (third-person singular simple present begrips, present participle begripping, simple past and past participle begripped)

1. (transitive) To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
   • 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:

     Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]

   • 1913, Archibald Allan, Space and personality:

     They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.

   • 1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:

     Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]

   • 2002, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals:

     A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]

   • 2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:

     He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.

Synonyms

• clasp, clutch, grasp; See also Thesaurus:grasp

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch begrip, from Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch *bigrip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???r?p/

Noun

begrip (plural begrippe)

1. notion, concept, term
2. understanding, comprehension
3. understanding, empathy

Derived terms

• begripsraamwerk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch *bigrip. Formed based on begrijpen from the original nominative form of greep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???r?p/
• Hyphenation: be?grip
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

begrip n (plural begrippen, diminutive begripje n)

1. understanding, comprehension

   Synonym: onbegrip

2. understanding, empathy

3. notion, concept, term

4. institution (well-known entity)

Derived terms

• begrippenkader

Related terms

• begrijpelijk
• begrijpen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: begrip

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

begrip

1. imperative of begripe

Swedish

Verb

begrip

1. imperative of begripa.

English

Etymology

From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begr?pan (“to grip, seize, lay hold of; chide”), from Proto-West Germanic *bigr?pan. Equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? gripe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????a?p/

Verb

begripe (third-person singular simple present begripes, present participle begriping, simple past and past participle begriped)

1. (transitive) To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
   • 1899, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte Darthur:

     And as for this sword there shall never man begripe it at the handle but one, but he shall pass all other. In the name of God, said Percivale, I shall essay to handle it. So he set his hand to the sword, but he might not begripe it.

Related terms

• begrip

Middle Dutch

Verb

begripe

1. inflection of begripen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German begripen.

Verb

begripe (imperative begrip, present tense begriper, passive begripes, simple past begrep or begreip, past participle begrepet, present participle begripende)

1. to grasp, understand, comprehend

Derived terms

• begripelse

References

• “begripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “begripe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German begripen.

Verb

begripe (present tense begrip, past tense begreip, past participle begripe, passive infinitive begripast, present participle begripande, imperative begrip)

1. to grasp, understand, comprehend

Alternative forms

• begripa

References

• “begripe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bigr?pa, from Proto-West Germanic *bigr?pan. Equivalent to be- +? gripe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???rip?/

Verb

begripe

1. to understand, to comprehend

Inflection

Further reading

• “begripe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011