urskulda
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
ur (“out”) + skuld (“guilt”) + -a
Verb edit
urskulda (present urskuldar, preterite urskuldade, supine urskuldat, imperative urskulda)
- to try to free from or lessen culpability (by making excuses for), to defend
- Han urskuldade sig med att han bara följt order
- He excused himself by saying he had only followed orders
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of urskulda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | urskulda | urskuldas | ||
| Supine | urskuldat | urskuldats | ||
| Imperative | urskulda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | urskulden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | urskuldar | urskuldade | urskuldas | urskuldades |
| Ind. plural1 | urskulda | urskuldade | urskuldas | urskuldades |
| Subjunctive2 | urskulde | urskuldade | urskuldes | urskuldades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | urskuldande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||