beslapen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/bəˈslaː.pə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to sleep with, to have sex with, to bed
- (transitive) to sleep on (an object, e.g. a bed)
- (reflexive) to sleep on (a subject or matter, to think it through)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch beslâpen pre from Dutch, Flemish slapen (sleep, sleeping).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
slapen
Gloss
sleep, sleeping
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
寝, 眠, 睡
Emoji
🏨 💤 😪 😴 🛌 🛏️ 🏕️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besleep English
- sleep English
- inslapen Dutch, Flemish
- ontslapen Dutch, Flemish
- overslapen Dutch, Flemish
- slaapbank Dutch, Flemish
- slaapbol Dutch, Flemish
- slaapfeest Dutch, Flemish
- slaapkamer Dutch, Flemish
- slaapkop Dutch, Flemish
- slaaplied Dutch, Flemish
- slaapmiddel Dutch, Flemish
- slaapmuts Dutch, Flemish
- slaappil Dutch, Flemish
- slaapstand Dutch, Flemish
- slaapzaal Dutch, Flemish
- slaapzak Dutch, Flemish
- slaapzucht Dutch, Flemish
- slapen Dutch, Flemish
- slapenstijd Dutch, Flemish
- slaper Dutch, Flemish
- uitslapen Dutch, Flemish
- verslapen Dutch, Flemish
- beslepen Middle English
- beslâpen Middle Dutch
- slâpen Middle Dutch