Belong

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Der + Template:M, from Template:Der, equivalent to Template:Af. Compare Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.

Verb

1. Template:Lb To have its proper place.

   Template:Ux

   1. Template:Lb To be accepted in a group.

      Template:Ux

   2. Template:Lb To be a part of a group.

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2. Template:Lb To be part of, or the property of.

   Template:Ux

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3. Template:Lb To be the spouse or partner of. Template:Rfex
4. Template:Lb (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol $\in$ means belongs to.

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5. Template:Lb To be deserved by.
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Usage notes

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Descendants

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Translations

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Arabic: Template:T

  Egyptian Arabic: Template:T

• Bulgarian: Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+
• Czech: Template:T+
• Danish: have sin Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T
• Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T+
• French: Template:T
• Galician: Template:T+
• German: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+
• Macedonian: Template:T
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Quechua: Template:T
• Russian: Template:T
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Serbo-Croatian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Spanish: Template:T+
• Swedish: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Yiddish: Template:T

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+
• Danish: høre Template:T+
• Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: Template:T, Template:T+, Template:T+
• German: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Spanish: Template:T+
• Swedish: Template:T Template:Qualifier, Template:T+ Template:Qualifier
• Yiddish: Template:T

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Bulgarian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Template:T+

• Czech: Template:T+
• Dutch: Template:T+ Template:T+, Template:T+ bij
• Esperanto: Template:T
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: Template:T+
• German: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Japanese: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Korean: Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+
• Latvian: Template:T
• Polish: Template:T+ (do)
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T
• Russian: Template:T+
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Spanish: Template:T+
• Ukrainian: Template:T+
• Yiddish: Template:T

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Armenian: Template:T+
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: Template:T Template:Qualifier
• Azerbaijani: Template:T, Template:T
• Belarusian: Template:T
• Bulgarian: Template:T
• Catalan: Template:T+
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Template:T+

• Czech: Template:T+
• Danish: Template:T, Template:T+ til
• Dutch: Template:T+ Template:T+, Template:T+ Template:T+ Template:T+
• Esperanto: Template:T
• Estonian: Template:T
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: appartenir à
• Galician: Template:T+
• German: gehören zu, Template:T+
• Greek: Template:T+
• Hebrew: Template:T+ Template:Qualifier
• Hungarian: Template:T+
• Icelandic: Template:T+
• Italian: appartenere Template:T+
• Latvian: Template:T
• Livonian: Template:T
• Macedonian: Template:T
• Malay: Template:T
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Template:T+

  Nynorsk: Template:T

• Polish: Template:T+ do
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Russian: Template:T+
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: Template:T

  Logudorese: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T

• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Serbo-Croatian: Template:T+
• Slovak: Template:T
• Spanish: pertenecer Template:T+
• Swedish: Template:T+
• Ukrainian: Template:T+, Template:T
• Yiddish: Template:T

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Czech: Template:T+
• Danish: Template:T (under)
• Dutch: Template:T+ Template:T+, bij Template:T+ zijn
• Finnish: Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+

• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Bulgarian: Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+
• Czech: Template:T+
• Danish: Template:T
• Dutch: Template:T+ Template:T+
• Esperanto: Template:T
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: appartenir à
• Galician: Template:T+
• German: Template:T, Template:T
• Latin: Template:T+
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Russian: Template:T+
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Spanish: Template:T+
• Swedish: Template:T+, Template:T
• Tatar: Template:T

• Woiwurrung: Template:T-check

Further reading

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Etymology 2

Compare Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, and Template:Cog.

Alternative forms

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Preposition

1. Template:Lb Of, belonging to.
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Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

From Template:Der. Compare Template:Cog.

Preposition

1. of; Template:L to
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References

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