gifta bort

Swedish

Etymology

From gifta (“marry”) + bort (“away”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪfta ˈbɔrt/

Verb

gifta bort (present gifter bort, preterite gifte bort, supine gift bort, imperative gift bort)

  1. marry off (to give away as wife or husband)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gifta (weak)
active passive
infinitive gifta bort giftas bort
supine gift bort gifts bort
imperative gift bort —
imper. plural1 giften bort —
present past present past
indicative gifter bort gifte bort gifts bort, giftes bort giftes bort
ind. plural1 gifta bort gifte bort giftas bort giftes bort
subjunctive2 gifte bort gifte bort giftes bort giftes bort
present participle bortgiftande
past participle bortgift

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

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