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)
- 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
- 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
| 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.
Derived terms
See also
References
- bedöma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bedöma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bedöma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)