bepalen
Meaning
- (transitive) to determine, to figure out
- (transitive) to determine, to decide, to choose
- (reflexive) to limit oneself, to restrain oneself, to contain oneself
Frequency
Hyphenated as
be‧pa‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈpaːlə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bepalen (“to put poles on/around”). Equivalent to paal + be- -en.
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