beskriva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish beskriva, from Middle Low German beschrîven, bescrîven,[1] equivalent to be- +‎ skriva (“to write”).

Cognate with Danish beskriva, Norwegian Bokmål beskrive, Norwegian Nynorsk beskriva, beskrive, Dutch beschrijven, Afrikaans beskryf, Limburgish besjrieve, German beschreiben, Yiddish באַשרײַבן (bashraybn), Luxembourgish beschreiwen, Vilamovian byśrajwa, Low German beschrieven, West Frisian beskriuwe, Saterland Frisian beskrieuwe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

beskriva (present beskriver, preterite beskrev, supine beskrivit, imperative beskriv)

  1. to describe

Conjugation

Conjugation of beskriva (class 1 strong)
active passive
infinitive beskriva beskrivas
supine beskrivit beskrivits
imperative beskriv —
imper. plural1 beskriven —
present past present past
indicative beskriver beskrev beskrivs, beskrives beskrevs
ind. plural1 beskriva beskrevo beskrivas beskrevos
subjunctive2 beskrive beskreve beskrives beskreves
present participle beskrivande
past participle beskriven

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

References

  1. ^ beskriva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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