bekwaam

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈkʋaːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧kwaam
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bequaem, from Proto-Germanic *bi-quēmi-, *bikwemaną. Doublet of bekomen. Cognate with German bequem.

Adjective

bekwaam (comparative bekwamer, superlative bekwaamst)

  1. capable, competent
    Synonym: competent
    Antonyms: onbekwaam, incompetent
Declension
Declension of bekwaam
uninflected bekwaam
inflected bekwame
comparative bekwamer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bekwaam bekwamer het bekwaamst
het bekwaamste
indefinite m./f. sing. bekwame bekwamere bekwaamste
n. sing. bekwaam bekwamer bekwaamste
plural bekwame bekwamere bekwaamste
definite bekwame bekwamere bekwaamste
partitive bekwaams bekwamers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bekwaam
  • Negerhollands: bequaam

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bekwaam

  1. inflection of bekwamen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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