bedöma

Swedish

Etymology

From German beurteilen. Equivalent to be- +‎ döma (judge). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål bedømme, Norwegian Nynorsk bedømme, bedømma, bedøme, bedøma, Danish bedømme and Dutch beoordelen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈdœma/
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Verb

bedöma (present bedömer, preterite bedömde, supine bedömt, imperative bedöm)

  1. to assess (make an (appraising or more general) assessment (of something))
    Jag bedömer att såsen inte kommer att räcka till alla gäster
    My assessment is that there won't be enough sauce for all the guests
    bedöma en situation
    assess a situation
    bedöma en patient
    assess a patient
    bedöma en uppgift
    assess an assignment
    När man bedömer något gör man en bedömning
    When you assess something, you make an assessment
    När man värderar en antik stol bedömer man dess värde
    When you value an antique chair, you assess its value
    1. to evaluate, to judge, to estimate, to gauge, to rate, to appraise, etc.
      Jag bedömer avståndet mellan huset och kyrkan till tio meter
      I estimate the distance between the house and the church at ten meters
      bedöma hur mogen en avokado är
      gauge the ripeness of an avocado
      Jag bedömer deras vinstchanser som mycket goda
      I rate their chances of winning as very high [good]
      Jag bedömer våra chanser att överleva som små
      I rate our chances of survival as slim [small]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedöma (weak)
active passive
infinitive bedöma bedömas
supine bedömt bedömts
imperative bedöm
imper. plural1 bedömen
present past present past
indicative bedömer bedömde bedöms, bedömes bedömdes
ind. plural1 bedöma bedömde bedömas bedömdes
subjunctive2 bedöme bedömde bedömes bedömdes
present participle bedömande
past participle bedömd

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

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