bege

See also: bėgę

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bèg (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German wëc, from Old High German wëg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz. Cognate with German Weg, Dutch weg, English way, Icelandic vegur.

Noun

bege m

1. (Luserna) way, road

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajə/, [ˈb̥ɑɪ]

Etymology

From the noun beg (“pitch”).

Verb

bege (imperative beg, infinitive at bege, present tense beger, past tense begede, perfect tense beget)

1. to pitch

References

• “bege” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bege” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• beige (misspelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French bege

French beigebor.

Portuguese bege

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ʒi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ʒɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɛʒi
• Hyphenation: be‧ge

Noun

bege m (plural beges)

1. beige (color)

Adjective

bege m or f (plural bege or beges)

1. beige-colored
2. (figurative) shocked, surprised, perplexed

   estar bege ― to be shocked

Further reading

• Uso do adjectivo bege in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
• “bege”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bege”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “bege”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bege”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bege”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovene

Noun

bége

1. accusative plural of bẹ̑g

Swedish

Alternative forms

• begiva (archaic)

Etymology

Clipping of begiva, equivalent to be- +‎ ge.

Verb

bege (present beger, preterite begav, supine begett, imperative bege)

1. (reflexive) to go, to travel, to leave

   Då begav sig Isak till Abimelek, filistéernas konung

   And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. (Genesis 26:1)

   Imorgon beger vi oss av mot Säffle

   Tomorrow, we're heading off towards Säffle

2. (reflexive) to happen

   Det begav sig (så) att de körde tätt förbi Grundholm

   It so happened that they passed near Grundholm

   1. (in "när det begav sig") when it happened, when it went down, (often, somewhat humorous) back in the day

      vi som var med när det begav sig

      those of us who were around back in the day

Conjugation

Conjugation of bege (class 5 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	bege		—
supine	begett		—
imperative	bege		—
imper. plural1	begen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	beger	begav	—	—
ind. plural1	bege	begåvo	—	—
subjunctive2	bege	begåve	—	—
present participle		begivande
past participle		begiven

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of begiva (class 5 strong, older)

	active		passive
infinitive	begiva		—
supine	begivit		—
imperative	begiv		—
imper. plural1	begiven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	begiver	begav	—	—
ind. plural1	begiva	begåvo	—	—
subjunctive2	begive	begåve	—	—
present participle		begivande
past participle		begiven

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• begå
• gå
• ge

Further reading

• “bege”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bege”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bege”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)