bevatten

to take in

/bəˈvɑtə(n)/verb

How it is spelled and how it sounds

The prefix ‘be-’ is unstressed, causing vowel reduction to /ə/.

bedekkento coverbelettento preventbelastento burden

In connected speech

The /t/ in ‘bevat ik’ may assimilate to a glottal stop [ʔ] before following vowel.

In the lessons (1 sentence)

s2-les-07 · 32Xing moet nu even goed nadenken, want ze kan het niet allemaal bevatten.Xing has to think hard for a moment now, because she can't take it all in.Open in lesson ↗

In the frequency dictionary

General #89

Marked known.