bescheiden
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch bescheiden. Past participle of bescheiden.
Adjective
[edit]bescheiden (comparative bescheidener, superlative bescheidenst)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of bescheiden | ||||
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uninflected | bescheiden | |||
inflected | bescheiden | |||
comparative | bescheidener | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bescheiden | bescheidener | het bescheidenst het bescheidenste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bescheiden | bescheidener | bescheidenste |
n. sing. | bescheiden | bescheidener | bescheidenste | |
plural | bescheiden | bescheidener | bescheidenste | |
definite | bescheiden | bescheidener | bescheidenste | |
partitive | bescheidens | bescheideners | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: beskeie
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch bescheiden. Equivalent to be- + scheiden.
Verb
[edit]bescheiden
- (transitive) to apportion, to allot
- Synonyms: bedelen, toebedelen
- (transitive) to invite
- Synonyms: nodigen, uitnodigen
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of bescheiden (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bescheiden | |||
past singular | bescheidde | |||
past participle | bescheid | |||
infinitive | bescheiden | |||
gerund | bescheiden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bescheid | bescheidde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bescheidt, bescheid2 | bescheidde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bescheidt | bescheidde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bescheidt | bescheidde | ||
3rd person singular | bescheidt | bescheidde | ||
plural | bescheiden | bescheidden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bescheide | bescheidde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bescheiden | bescheidden | ||
imperative sing. | bescheid | |||
imperative plur.1 | bescheidt | |||
participles | bescheidend | bescheid | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]bescheiden
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bescheiden (“to assign; to inform”). By surface analysis, be- + scheiden. The adjective was originally the past participle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bescheiden (strong nominative masculine singular bescheidener, comparative bescheidener, superlative am bescheidensten)
- (of a person) modest, humble
- (of an object) low, base, petty, trifling
- 2016, Andreas Piekenbrock, Florian Kienle, ZPO-Examinatorium, 2nd edition, München: Verlag Franz Vahlen, →ISBN, margin number 106, page 38:
- Da der praktische Erfolg des obligatorischen Güteversuchs bescheiden ist, hat Baden-Württemberg ihn zum 1.5.2013 abgeschafft.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 August 15, Stefan Reinecke, “Iran und das Attentat auf Salman Rushdie: Was bringen noch mehr Sanktionen?”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Die wirtschaftliche Lage ist miserabel. Die Inflation ist 2022 extrem (fast 50 Prozent bei Nahrungsmitteln), das Wachstum bescheiden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, minced oath) Euphemistic form of beschissen (“shitty”).
- 2014 February 25, Sebastian Heiser, “Kandidatin verliert Vertrauen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- „Die Kommunikation zwischen Anne und uns ist besch...eiden gelaufen“, sagte auch Wirths Stellvertreterin Caro Mahn-Gauseweg.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- The euphemistic form is often indicated in speech or writing with a short pause after besch-.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]bescheiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present bescheidet, past tense beschied, past participle beschieden, auxiliary haben)
- (law or administration or literary) to confer the decision or fate formally, to announce, to proclaim
- 2022 August 18, Erik Peter, “Zweckentfremdung von Wohnraum: Wohnungen zurückgeholt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[3], →ISSN:
- Ernüchternd ist auch die Bilanz beim Abriss von Wohnraum. Für etwa 2.200 Wohnungen wurden Abrissanträge positiv beschieden.
- The outcome for demolishing housing is also sobering. Demolition applications for around 2,200 apartments have been approved.
- (literally, “decided positively.”)
- (reflexive) to accept so as to become content with [with genitive]
- 1802, Oliver Goldsmith, translated by Ludwig Theoboul Kosegarten, Der Geschichten des Öströmischen Kaiserthums (Oliver Goldsmith's Geschichte der Römer; 4), volume 2, Leipzig: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, page 289:
- Letzterer beschied sich seiner Unfähigkeit, über so hochwichtige Fragen zu richten.
- The latter accepted his inability to judge such important issues.
- 1834, Lesefrüchte, belehrenden und unterhaltenden Inhalts, volume 1, Munich: Lindauer-Verlag Muenchen, page 246:
- Engelhart beschied sich dessen, daß er zurücktreten mußte.
- Engelhart was resigned to the fact that he had to resign.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bescheiden | ||||
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present participle | bescheidend | ||||
past participle | beschieden | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bescheide | wir bescheiden | i | ich bescheide | wir bescheiden |
du bescheidest | ihr bescheidet | du bescheidest | ihr bescheidet | ||
er bescheidet | sie bescheiden | er bescheide | sie bescheiden | ||
preterite | ich beschied | wir beschieden | ii | ich beschiede1 | wir beschieden1 |
du beschiedest du beschiedst |
ihr beschiedet | du beschiedest1 | ihr beschiedet1 | ||
er beschied | sie beschieden | er beschiede1 | sie beschieden1 | ||
imperative | bescheid (du) bescheide (du) |
bescheidet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bescheiden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bescheiden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “bescheiden” in Duden online
- “bescheiden” in OpenThesaurus.de
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