bewijs

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʋɛi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: be‧wijs
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

From Middle Dutch bewijs. Equivalent to a deverbal from bewijzen.

bewijs n (plural bewijzen, diminutive bewijsje n)

1. proof
2. evidence
3. the totality of proof and/or evidence used to make a case; argumentation

   Synonym: bewijsvoering

4. attesting document, permit
5. licence, permit (document allowing one to use certain vehicles)

   Synonym: brevet

6. ticket, pass entitling one to use, admission or possession
7. (obsolete) legal apportionment of an inheritance

• bewijzen

• Afrikaans: bewys
• Negerhollands: bewies
• → Papiamentu: bewijs (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: bewèis
• → Indonesian: bukti (“evidence”) (semantic loan)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bewijs

1. inflection of bewijzen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative