böta
(Redirected from bȫta)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bǿta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną.
Verb edit
böta (present bötar, preterite bötade, supine bötat, imperative böta)
- to pay a fine, to be fined
- Han fick böta 2000 kronor för fortkörning.
- He had to [got to] pay a fine of 2000 kronor for speeding.
- (figuratively) to pay (suffer negative consequences)
- böta med sitt liv
- pay with one's life
Usage notes edit
- More rarely conjugated bötte, bött, says SAOL (1923). This is the case in the very antiquated proverb hött är med ingo bött (“a threat is with naught atoned, is not a crime”).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of böta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | böta | — | ||
Supine | bötat | — | ||
Imperative | böta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | böten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bötar | bötade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | böta | bötade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | böte | bötade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bötande | |||
Past participle | bötad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also edit
References edit
- böta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- böta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- böta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- böta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German boto.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
bȫta m (plural böta)