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bereid or bereidt?

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

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

Why?

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

Verb forms

Infinitive
bereiden
Stem (ik-form)
bereid
Present singular (jij/je before the verb; u/hij/zij/het)
bereidt
Past participle
bereid
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