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begeleid or begeleidt?

Both spellings are correct, but they have different grammatical jobs.

begeleid
correctly spelled
  • Stem (ik-form)
  • Past participle
begeleidt
correctly spelled
  • Present singular (jij/je before the verb; u/hij/zij/het)

Why?

begeleid is both the ik-form and the past participle of begeleiden; the ik-form is also used when subject jij/je follows the verb. begeleidt is the singular present form used with subject-first jij/je, with u and with third-person singular subjects.

Verb forms

Infinitive
begeleiden
Stem (ik-form)
begeleid
Present singular (jij/je before the verb; u/hij/zij/het)
begeleidt
Past participle
begeleid
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