Beëindigen

Beëindigen is a Dutch verb meaning to bring something to an end or to terminate it. It denotes a deliberate action that stops an ongoing activity, contract, process, or arrangement. The term is commonly used in formal or administrative contexts, such as law, business, government, and public administration.

The infinitive beëindigen is a transitive verb meaning you end something: je beëindigt een contract, hij beëindigt een procedure, wij beëindigen een samenwerking. It is typically used to describe the conclusion or closure of an ongoing process rather than a spontaneous stop. The verb is formed with the prefix be- added to eindigen, and is spelled with a diaeresis over the second e to indicate the syllable division.

Conjugation (present tense) typically follows regular be- verb patterns: ik beëindig, jij beëindigt, hij beëindigt, wij beëindigen, jullie beëindigen, zij beëindigen. The past tense is beëindigde (or past participle beendet in compound forms), and the compound perfect uses hebben: ik heb beëindigd. The passive form can be constructed with worden: beëindigd worden.

The noun form is beëindiging, referring to the act or process of ending. Common phrases include de beëindiging van een overeenkomst (the termination of an agreement) or de beëindiging van een project. Beëindigen is thus distinct from stoppen (more general, everyday stop) and afsluiten (to close or finalize in a broader sense); beëindigen carries a formal, deliberate sense of cessation.

In summary, beëindigen denotes the formal act of bringing an ongoing matter to a definite close, often with legal, contractual, or administrative implications.