berätta
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish berætta, from Middle Low German berichten, in correspondance to Swedish rätta (verb) and rätt (verb and noun), equivalent to be- + rätt + -a or be- + rätta. Cognate with Danish berette, Norwegian Bokmål berette, Dutch berichten (“to report”), berechten (“to judge, to try”), bericht (“a report”), Afrikaans berig (“to report, a report”), German berichten (“to report”), Bericht (“a report”) and Luxembourgish beriichten.
Pronunciation
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Conjugation
Conjugation of berätta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | berätta | berättas | ||
| Supine | berättat | berättats | ||
| Imperative | berätta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | berätten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | berättar | berättade | berättas | berättades |
| Ind. plural1 | berätta | berättade | berättas | berättades |
| Subjunctive2 | berätte | berättade | berättes | berättades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | berättande | |||
| Past participle | berättad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- förtälja (dated)
Further reading
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