begå
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German began, begen.
Verb edit
begå (imperative begå, present tense begår, passive begås, simple past begikk, past participle begått, present participle begående)
- to commit (e.g. a crime)
References edit
- “begå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
be- + gå. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
begå (present begår, preterite begick, supine begått, imperative begå)
- to commit, to perpetrate (perform, carry out)
Usage notes edit
Almost exclusively used in connection with various crimes, (serious) mistakes or suicides. If it is ever used in other contexts, one of these contexts will still flavor the word.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of begå (strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | begå | begås | ||
Supine | begått | begåtts | ||
Imperative | begå | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | begån | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | begår | begick | begås | begicks |
Ind. plural1 | begå | begingo | begås | begingos |
Subjunctive2 | begå | beginge | begås | beginges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | begående | |||
Past participle | begången | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- begå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- begå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- begå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)