bemanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bemannet

Verb

bemanna

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bemanna (present tense bemannar, past tense bemanna, past participle bemanna, passive infinitive bemannast, present participle bemannande, imperative bemanna/bemann)

1. Alternative form of bemanne

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bemanna, from Middle Low German bemannen, equivalent to be- +‎ man (“a man”) +‎ -a.

Cognate with Danish bemande, Norwegian Bokmål bemanne, Norwegian Nynorsk bemanna, bemanne, German bemannen, Dutch bemannen and English beman.

Verb

bemanna (present bemannar, preterite bemannade, supine bemannat, imperative bemanna)

1. to man (to take up position in order to operate something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bemanna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bemanna		bemannas
Supine	bemannat		bemannats
Imperative	bemanna		—
Imper. plural1	bemannen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bemannar	bemannade	bemannas	bemannades
Ind. plural1	bemanna	bemannade	bemannas	bemannades
Subjunctive2	bemanne	bemannade	bemannes	bemannades
	Participles
Present participle	bemannande
Past participle	bemannad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• underbemannad

Related terms

• bemanning

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• baneman