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 | spekulera |
| Present | spekulerar |
| Past | spekulerade |
| Imperative | spekulera |
| Supine | spekulerat |
Verbs conjugated like 'spekulera'
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 'spekulera'
pokulera,
sekurera,
spankulera,
spektera,
assekurera,
cirkulera,
ejakulera,
emulera,
exekutera,
inokulera,
Translations
speculate, to make a risky trade
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. sv. dial. spikulera, spekelera; jfr t.
spekulieren, fr. spéculer; av lat. speculari, speja, hålla utkik, utforska, till specula, utkikspost, vakttorn, till specere, se, betrakta (se SPECIES). — Jfr SPEKULANT, sbst. o. adj., SPEKULATION, SPEKULATIV, SPEKULATOR, SPEKULATS References:
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2. From Latin speculari (“to watch”). Cognate of German spekulieren and French spéculer. See: German, old spelling '
spekulieren', French '
spéculer'.
Cognates
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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.