bedingen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bedingen. Equivalent to be- + dingen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bedingen
- (transitive) to claim rights to something through negotiation; to stipulate
Inflection edit
| Inflection of bedingen (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bedingen | |||
| past singular | bedong | |||
| past participle | bedongen | |||
| infinitive | bedingen | |||
| gerund | bedingen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beding | bedong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bedingt | bedong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bedingt | bedong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bedingt | bedongt | ||
| 3rd person singular | bedingt | bedong | ||
| plural | bedingen | bedongen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bedinge | bedonge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bedingen | bedongen | ||
| imperative sing. | beding | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bedingt | |||
| participles | bedingend | bedongen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bedingen (“to hire (especially for a crime)”), synchronically be- + dingen. The modern senses are influenced by and almost a back-formation from Bedingung (“condition”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bedingen (weak, third-person singular present bedingt, past tense bedingte, past participle bedingt, auxiliary haben)
- to have agreed upon as a contractual term
- Near-synonyms: vereinbaren, sich geeinigt haben über, stipulieren, aushandeln
- to require, have as a prerequisite or condition
- Near-synonyms: voraussetzen, zur Voraussetzung haben, erfordern
- Eine Jahressonderzahlung bedingt überdurchschnittlichen Einsatz.
- A yearly bonus requires/is conditional upon above-average effort.
- Motivation und Erfolg bedingen sich gegenseitig.
- Motivation and success are prerequisites for each other.
- (proscribed) to cause
- Near-synonyms: bewirken, verursachen, veranlassen, vermögen, zur Folge haben
- Der Stau auf der A1 bedingt eine längere Verspätung.
- The traffic jam on the A1 is causing a rather long delay.
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | bedingen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bedingend | ||||
| past participle | bedingt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bedinge | wir bedingen | i | ich bedinge | wir bedingen |
| du bedingst | ihr bedingt | du bedingest | ihr bedinget | ||
| er bedingt | sie bedingen | er bedinge | sie bedingen | ||
| preterite | ich bedingte | wir bedingten | ii | ich bedingte1 | wir bedingten1 |
| du bedingtest | ihr bedingtet | du bedingtest1 | ihr bedingtet1 | ||
| er bedingte | sie bedingten | er bedingte1 | sie bedingten1 | ||
| imperative | beding (du) bedinge (du) |
bedingt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.