fungera

See also: fungerà

Swedish

Etymology

From German fungieren, from Latin fungī, present active infinitive of fungor (“I perform, I execute”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fungere, Norwegian Nynorsk fungere, fungera, Danish fungere, Dutch fungeren, English function, fungible, Czech fungovat, Slovak fungovať, Italian fungere, Spanish fungir, French fonctionner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɵŋˈɡeːra/

Verb

fungera (present fungerar, preterite fungerade, supine fungerat, imperative fungera)

1. function; to be in action
2. work; to function correctly
3. work out; to succeed

   Det borde fungera.

   That should work.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fungera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fungera		—
Supine	fungerat		—
Imperative	fungera		—
Imper. plural1	fungeren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	fungerar	fungerade	—	—
Ind. plural1	fungera	fungerade	—	—
Subjunctive2	fungere	fungerade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	fungerande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (slang, informal) funka

Related terms

• funktion
• fungerande

Further reading

• fungera in Svensk ordbok.