bekräfta

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bekreften or German bekräften (rare, more often bekräftigen), from Middle High German bekreften. Equivalent of be- +‎ kraft +‎ -a. The synonym bekräftiga went out of use during the 17th century. Cognate with Danish bekræfte, Norwegian Bokmål bekrefte and Norwegian Nynorsk bekrefte, bekrefta.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bekräfta (present bekräftar, preterite bekräftade, supine bekräftat, imperative bekräfta)

  1. to confirm, to acknowledge

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekräfta (weak)
active passive
infinitive bekräfta bekräftas
supine bekräftat bekräftats
imperative bekräfta —
imper. plural1 bekräften —
present past present past
indicative bekräftar bekräftade bekräftas bekräftades
ind. plural1 bekräfta bekräftade bekräftas bekräftades
subjunctive2 bekräfte bekräftade bekräftes bekräftades
present participle bekräftande
past participle bekräftad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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