bekwaam

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈkʋaːm/ Hyphenation: be‧kwaam Rhymes: -aːm === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bequaem, from Proto-Germanic *bi-quēmi-, *bikwemaną. Doublet of bekomen. Cognate with German bequem. ==== Adjective ==== bekwaam (comparative bekwamer, superlative bekwaamst) capable, competent Synonym: competent Antonyms: onbekwaam, incompetent ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: bekwaam Negerhollands: bequaam === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bekwaam inflection of bekwamen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bekwaam”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute