belöna

See also: belona and beloną

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German belonen or German belohnen, equivalent to be- +‎ löna. Cognate with Danish belønne, Norwegian Bokmål belønne, Dutch belonen, Afrikaans beloon, Limburgish beloene, West Frisian beleanje, Saterland Frisian beloonje, Luxembourgish belounen and Yiddish באַלוינען (baloynen).

Verb

belöna (present belönar, preterite belönade, supine belönat, imperative belöna)

  1. to reward (give a reward to)
  2. to award (give an award to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of belöna (weak)
active passive
infinitive belöna belönas
supine belönat belönats
imperative belöna —
imper. plural1 belönen —
present past present past
indicative belönar belönade belönas belönades
ind. plural1 belöna belönade belönas belönades
subjunctive2 belöne belönade belönes belönades
present participle belönande
past participle belönad, belönt

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

Derived terms

References

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