erfara

Swedish

Etymology

From German erfahren, from Old High German arfaran, irfaran (“roam through, explore”), equivalent to er- +‎ fara. Cognate with Danish erfare, Norwegian Bokmål erfare, Norwegian Nynorsk erfare, erfara and Dutch ervaren.

Pronunciation

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Verb

erfara (present erfar, preterite erfor, supine erfarit, imperative erfar)

1. to be informed; to get to know of
2. to experience

Usage notes

• 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

Conjugation of erfara (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	erfara		erfaras
supine	erfarit		erfarits
imperative	erfar		—
imper. plural1	erfaren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	erfar	erfor	erfars, erfares	erfors
ind. plural1	erfara	erforo	erfaras	erforos
subjunctive2	erfare	erfore	erfares	erfores
present participle		erfarande
past participle		erfaren

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (dated, poetic) spörja

Related terms

• erfaren

References

• erfara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)