bedoelen Dutch · revision 37136

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /bəˈdulə(n)/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bedoelen''' (weak: past ''bedoelde'', past participle ''bedoeld'')^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|nl|be-|doelen|t2=to aim]], from the verb [[doelen]], itself formed from [[doel]] “target, aim”; the dictionaries allow either as the base.^(EWN)^(WNT)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997) The verb ⟨doelen⟩ is Middle Dutch, in the sense “to shoot at a target”.^(EWN) The noun first meant a ditch marking the boundary between fields (1258), and then the mound of earth that served as a target; it goes back to [[gem-pro|*dōljō|alt=*dōljō-]], in ablaut with the word for “dale”.^(EWN)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The verb is first found in 1675, in ''ik kon … mijn oogwit niet bedoelen'', “I could not set my aim”.^(EWN) In 1679 a writer speaks of what the Apostle ''bedoeld'', has in view, in his letter.^(EWN)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first meaning was “to aim at, to have as one's purpose”: an author of 1734 writes that such authors seek ''winst en eer'', “gain and honour”.^(WNT)^(EWN) With a thing as subject it meant to have as its aim, as in ''wat bedoelt uw komst?'' “what is the purpose of your coming?” (1821).^(WNT)

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+ The sense “to refer to, to mean (with words)” is recorded from 1777, and in 1784 a letter speaks of a cause ''die gy bedoelt'', “which you mean”.^(EWN)^(WNT) ''Zoo was het niet bedoeld'', “that is not how it was meant”, is quoted from 1895.^(WNT) The noun [[bedoeling]] “intention, meaning” is formed from it.^(WNT)

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+ Sranan took the verb as ''bedul'' “to mean; meaning”, which Surinamese Javanese took over from Sranan.^(Van der Sijs 2010)^(Wiktionary) Afrikaans has ''bedoel''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1675 – ''Bedoelen'' “to set as one's aim” is first recorded.^(EWN)

+ * 1679 – It is used for what a writer has in view.^(EWN)

+ * 1731–1735 – Van der Sijs dates the verb to these years.^(Van der Sijs 2001)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)

+ * 1777 – The sense “to refer to, to mean” is recorded.^(EWN)

+ * 1895 – ''Zoo was het niet bedoeld'' “it was not meant like that” is quoted.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|mean]], to refer to with a word or a hint: ''Welke film bedoel je?''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|intend]], to do something with a certain purpose: ''Het was als grap bedoeld.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bedoeling]]

+ * [[bovenbedoeld]]

+ * [[eerstbedoeld]]

+ * [[goedbedoeld]]

+ * [[goedbedoelend]]

+ * [[laatstbedoeld]]

+ * [[onbedoeld]]

+ * [[welbedoeld]]

+ * [[welbedoelend]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[doel]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Ik bedoel maar'' is said to drive home a point already made.^(Van Dale 2014) ''Zo was het niet bedoeld'' is an apology for words that gave offence.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}