redogöra
Swedish
Etymology
reda + göra. SAOL (6th ed., 1889) lists this as based on the noun reda, not the verb or adjective.
Verb
redogöra (present redogör, preterite redogjorde, supine redogjort, imperative redogör)
- (with för) to go over, to explain
- De redogjorde för varför de valt att göra produkten blå
- They went over why they had chosen to make the product blue
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | redogöra | redogöras | ||
| supine | redogjort | redogjorts | ||
| imperative | redogör | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | redogören | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | redogör | redogjorde | redogörs, redogöres | redogjordes |
| ind. plural1 | redogöra | redogjorde | redogöras | redogjordes |
| subjunctive2 | redogöre | redogjorde | redogöres | redogjordes |
| present participle | redogörande | |||
| past participle | redogjord | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- Redogöra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
- redogöra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)