bepalen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bepalen (“to put poles on/around”). Equivalent to be- + paal + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈpaːlə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧pa‧len
- Rhymes: -aːlən
Verb
bepalen
- (transitive) to determine, to figure out
- Dat is bepaald door de wet.
- That is determined by law.
- (transitive) to determine, to decide, to choose
- (reflexive) to limit oneself, to restrain oneself, to contain oneself
- In de toekomst, ik zal proberen tot alleen twee per dag mezelf te bepalen.
- In the future, I will try to limit myself to only two per day.
Inflection
| Inflection of bepalen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bepalen | |||
| past singular | bepaalde | |||
| past participle | bepaald | |||
| infinitive | bepalen | |||
| gerund | bepalen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bepaal | bepaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bepaalt | bepaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bepaalt | bepaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bepaalt | bepaalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bepaalt | bepaalde | ||
| plural | bepalen | bepaalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bepale | bepaalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bepalen | bepaalden | ||
| imperative sing. | bepaal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bepaalt | |||
| participles | bepalend | bepaald | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (figure out): vaststellen
- (decide): regelen, kiezen
- (limit): beperken
Derived terms
- bepaald
- bepaling