bedrijf

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdrɛi̯f/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧drijf
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯f

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bedrijf. Equivalent to a deverbal from bedrijven. Compare German Betrieb.

Noun

bedrijf n (plural bedrijven, diminutive bedrijfje n)

  1. business, economic activity
  2. (formal) profession
  3. company, firm, corporation
    En het bedrijf bood me mijn huidige baan in Nederland aan. — And the company offered me my current job in the Netherlands.
  4. (theater) act, major unit in a theatre piece
Compounds
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bedryf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bedrijf

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of bedrijven
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bedrijven