köpa

See also: kopa and kopā

Swedish edit

From Old Swedish kø̄pa, from Old Norse keypa, kaupa, from Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną, *kaupōną (“to buy, trade”), from *kaupô (“innkeeper, merchant”), Latin caupo (“innkeeper, shopkeeper, tradesman”), caupōnor (“to trade, haggle”). Cognate with Danish købe, Norwegian kjøpe, German kaufen, Dutch kopen and English cheap.

köpa (present köper, preterite köpte, supine köpt, imperative köp)

to buy, to purchase
Antonym: sälja

köpa fem burkar kebabsås
buy five cans of kebab sauce
to buy (an explanation or the like)
Jag köper inte hans förklaring
I don't buy his explanation

Conjugation of köpa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	köpa		köpas
Supine	köpt		köpts
Imperative	köp		—
Imper. plural¹	köpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	köper	köpte	köps, köpes	köptes
Ind. plural¹	köpa	köpte	köpas	köptes
Subjunctive²	köpe	köpte	köpes	köptes
	Participles
Present participle	köpande
Past participle	köpt
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.