erfara
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German erfahren, from Old High German arfaran, irfaran (“roam through, explore”), equivalent to er- + fara. Cognate with Danish erfare, Norwegian Bokmål erfare, Norwegian Nynorsk erfare, erfara and Dutch ervaren.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
erfara (present erfar, preterite erfor, supine erfarit, imperative erfar)
- to be informed; to get to know of
- to experience
Usage notes edit
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of erfara (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | erfara | erfaras | ||
| Supine | erfarit | erfarits | ||
| Imperative | erfar | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | erfaren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | erfar | erfor | erfars, erfares | erfors |
| Ind. plural1 | erfara | erforo | erfaras | erforos |
| Subjunctive2 | erfare | erfore | erfares | erfores |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | erfarande | |||
| Past participle | erfaren | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms edit
- (dated, poetic) spörja