bedöva

See also: bedøva

Swedish

Etymology

After either Middle Low German bedoven, Low German bedöwen or German betäuben. By surface analysis, be- +‎ döva (“dampen”). Cognate of Danish bedøva.

Verb

bedöva (present bedövar, preterite bedövade, supine bedövat, imperative bedöva)

1. numb
2. (medicine) anesthetize

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedöva (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bedöva		bedövas
Supine	bedövat		bedövats
Imperative	bedöva		—
Imper. plural1	bedöven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bedövar	bedövade	bedövas	bedövades
Ind. plural1	bedöva	bedövade	bedövas	bedövades
Subjunctive2	bedöve	bedövade	bedöves	bedövades
	Participles
Present participle	bedövande
Past participle	bedövad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• bedövning
• lokalbedöva
• öronbedövande

References

• bedöva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bedöva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bedöva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)