bemessen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German *bemezzen, from Old High German bimezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *bimetan. Equivalent to be- +‎ messen. Cognate with Dutch bemeten and obsolete English bemete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈmɛsn̩/ Hyphenation: be‧mes‧sen Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən === Verb === bemessen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bemisst, past tense bemaß, past participle bemessen, past subjunctive bemäße, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to assess, to measure, to proportion großzügig/knapp bemessen ― generously/tightly proportioned nach etwas bemessen ― to measure on the base of something ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bemessen Bemessung === Further reading === “bemessen” in Duden online “bemessen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bemessen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bemessen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.