bekräfta
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German bekreften or German bekräften (rare, more often bekräftigen), from Middle High German bekreften. Equivalent of be- + kraft + -a. The synonym bekräftiga went out of use during the 17th century. Cognate with Danish bekræfte, Norwegian Bokmål bekrefte and Norwegian Nynorsk bekrefte, bekrefta.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editbekräfta (present bekräftar, preterite bekräftade, supine bekräftat, imperative bekräfta)
- to confirm, to acknowledge
Conjugation
editConjugation of bekräfta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bekräfta | bekräftas | ||
| Supine | bekräftat | bekräftats | ||
| Imperative | bekräfta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bekräften | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bekräftar | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
| Ind. plural1 | bekräfta | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
| Subjunctive2 | bekräfte | bekräftade | bekräftes | bekräftades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bekräftande | |||
| Past participle | bekräftad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||