bemessen

See also: Bemessen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German *bemezzen, from Old High German bimezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *bimetan. Equivalent to be- +‎ messen. Cognate with Dutch bemeten and obsolete English bemete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈmɛsn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧mes‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

Verb

bemessen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bemisst, past tense bemaß, past participle bemessen, past subjunctive bemäße, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to assess, to measure, to proportion
    großzügig/knapp bemessengenerously/tightly proportioned
    nach etwas bemessento measure on the base of something

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