In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | förgiva |
| Present | förgivar |
| Past | förgivade |
| Imperative | förgiva |
| Supine | förgivat |
Verbs conjugated like 'förgiva'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'förgiva'
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Gud hiälpe hans Siäl och Anda och förgifve honom sina skulder och synder
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. forgiva; jfr d.
forgive, isl. fyrirgefa, mnt. vorgeven, t.
vergeben; till FÖR-
II (i bet. 1 till 1
a η, i bet. 2—3 till 1
a κ, i bet. 4 till
B, i bet. 5 till 1
a ζ, i bet. 6 till 1
a γ) References:
1
2. Inherited from Old Swedish forgiva, from Old Norse fyrirgefa, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. Cognate with Icelandic fyrirgefa, English forgive and German vergeben. See: Icelandic '
fyrirgefa', English '
forgive', German, old spelling '
vergeben'.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.