bevara
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish bevara, from Middle Low German bewaren, from Proto-Germanic *biwarōną from *bi- + *warōną. Equivalent to be- + vara (“to last”). Cognate with English beware, Danish bevare, Norwegian Bokmål bevare, Norwegian Nynorsk bevare, bevara, Dutch bewaren and German bewahren. Displaced native gömma in this sense.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
bevara (present bevarar, preterite bevarade, supine bevarat, imperative bevara)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bevara (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bevara | bevaras | ||
Supine | bevarat | bevarats | ||
Imperative | bevara | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bevaren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bevarar | bevarade | bevaras | bevarades |
Ind. plural1 | bevara | bevarade | bevaras | bevarades |
Subjunctive2 | bevare | bevarade | bevares | bevarades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bevarande | |||
Past participle | bevarad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |