gifta bort
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From gifta (“marry”) + bort (“away”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gifta bort (present gifter bort, preterite gifte bort, supine gift bort, imperative gift bort)
- marry off (to give away as wife or husband)
Conjugation edit
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 |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bortgiftande | |||
| Past participle | bortgift | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||