bewees

Bewees is a form of the Dutch verb bewijzen, meaning to prove or demonstrate. It functions as the simple past tense and is used to indicate that a claim or assertion was proved in the past. Bewees is not a standalone noun; it is a conjugated verb form and appears with a subject in past-tense narrative or description.

In ordinary modern Dutch, be were it used in spoken language, be left? To illustrate: hij bewees zijn punt, zij bewees haar standpunt. The simple past tense is relatively common in storytelling and historical writing, where the author notes that a claim was established at a past time. In contemporary everyday speech, speakers more often use present or perfect tenses (bewijzen or hebben bewezen) to express proof or demonstration.

The past participle of bewijzen is bewezen, which is used with the auxiliary hebben to form the present perfect and other compound tenses, as in we hebben bewezen dat de theorie klopt. The verb bewijzen is irregular, with a distinctive past-tense form in enkelvoud such as bewees.

Etymology and related terms: bewijzen derives from Middle Dutch and older Germanic roots related to proof and demonstration. Related nouns include bewijs (proof) and bewijsvoering (proof process or reasoning). In Dutch literature and legal language, the distinction between simple past (bewees) and perfect tenses (bewezen) helps convey the timing and strength of demonstrated facts.

See also bewijzen, bewijs, bewijsvoering.