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.

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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
Participles
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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