No. 7,317 in Dutch
beweerd
Claimed.
In a sentence
Hij beweerd dat hij het zelf heeft gedaan.
He claims that he has done it himself.
The word 'beweerd' is used here to express that the person is stating or claiming something to be true.
Ze heeft altijd beweerd eerlijk te zijn.
She has always claimed to be honest.
Here, 'beweerd' is used in the perfect tense to indicate that the action of claiming occurred in the past and may impact the present.
De getuige beweerd de dader gezien te hebben.
The witness claims to have seen the perpetrator.
In this case, 'beweerd' conveys a statement said by someone, expressing that they assert having witnessed something.
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