bereda
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish bereþa, from Middle Low German bereden, from berede + -en or from be- + reden, equivalent to be- + reda.[1] Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål berede, Danish berede, Dutch bereiden, German bereiten.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editbereda (present bereder, preterite beredde, supine berett, imperative bered)
- (transitive) to prepare
Usage notes
edit- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
editConjugation of bereda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bereda | beredas | ||
| Supine | berett | beretts | ||
| Imperative | bered | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bereden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bereder | beredde | bereds, beredes | bereddes |
| Ind. plural1 | bereda | beredde | beredas | bereddes |
| Subjunctive2 | berede | beredde | beredes | bereddes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beredande | |||
| Past participle | beredd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||