bekymra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bekymret

Verb

bekymra

1. inflection of bekymre:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish bekymbra, from Middle Low German bekummeren, bekumberen. For the second element see German Kummer (“sorrow, grief”). Cognate of Dutch bekommeren, German bekümmern.

Verb

bekymra (present bekymrar, preterite bekymrade, supine bekymrat, imperative bekymra)

1. to worry (oneself or someone with something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekymra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bekymra		bekymras
Supine	bekymrat		bekymrats
Imperative	bekymra		—
Imper. plural1	bekymren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bekymrar	bekymrade	bekymras	bekymrades
Ind. plural1	bekymra	bekymrade	bekymras	bekymrades
Subjunctive2	bekymre	bekymrade	bekymres	bekymrades
	Participles
Present participle	bekymrande
Past participle	bekymrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bekymmer

See also

• oroa

References

• bekymra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bekymra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bekymra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bekymra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)