bevoegd
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from German befugt. Attested since the late seventeenth century. Similar forms appear earlier in the seventeenth century, which were also likely based on the German root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈvuxt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧voegd
- Rhymes: -uxt
Adjective
bevoegd (not comparable)
- competent
- qualified, authorised, having permission
Declension
| Declension of bevoegd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bevoegd | |||
| inflected | bevoegde | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | bevoegd | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bevoegde | ||
| n. sing. | bevoegd | |||
| plural | bevoegde | |||
| definite | bevoegde | |||
| partitive | bevoegds | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: buevoogt
- → Sranan Tongo: bufuktu