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bedöma

appraise, estimate, form an opinion, assess/bɛˈdœma/

Meaning

appraise; estimate; form an opinion; assess

In Swedish: avgöra; värdera

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedöma (appraise)
Infinitive	att bedöma	to appraise
Present	bedömer	jag bedömer
Past	bedömde	jag bedömde
Supine	bedömt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bedömt	jag har bedömt
Past perfect	hade bedömt	jag hade bedömt
Future	ska bedöma	or: kommer att bedöma
Conditional	skulle bedöma	jag skulle bedöma
Imperative	bedöm!	a command
Present participle	bedömande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bedömd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bedöma
Infinitive	bedömas
Present	bedöms
Past	bedömdes
Supine	bedömts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use bedömer. See the four verb groups explained.

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bedöma in a sentence

bedöma ett prov
mark an exam
han bedömde läget som hopplöst
in his view the situation was hopeless
det är svårt att bedöma de ekonomiska effekterna
what the economic effects will be is hard to say
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 så gör man en bedömning
When you assess something, you make an assessment

Questions

What does bedöma mean in English?

bedöma means “appraise, estimate”.

What is the past tense of bedöma?

The past tense of bedöma is bedömde (“jag bedömde”). The supine is bedömt, used in “jag har bedömt”.

What is the present tense of bedöma?

bedömer, the same for every person: jag bedömer, du bedömer, vi bedömer.

Similar words

värderaestimerabetygsättarecenserautvärdera

Origin

From German beurteilen.

Nearby common words

bedöma is number 3,993 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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3,994pervers perverse
3,995staty statue
3,996vägnar on behalf of, on account of
3,997fatt in the expression (komma, gå, springa, köra) i fatt, see ifatt and ikapp, a hold, a grasp

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary