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 | befläcka |
| Present | befläckar |
| Past | befläckade |
| Imperative | befläcka |
| Supine | befläckat |
Verbs conjugated like 'befläcka'
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 'befläcka'
beklicka,
belacka,
betäcka,
bläcka,
fläcka,
anflicka,
avfläka,
becka,
befänga,
befärga,
Translations
foul, to besmirch
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Henne jag halfdöd finner med blod-befläckade kläder. (I find her half dead with bloodstained clothes.) [1820, Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth, transl., edited by Jacob Adlerbeth, Ovidii Metamorphoser, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Kungl. biblioteket, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2025, 7:843:]
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Min Gud, glöm dem aldrig, ty de har befläckat prästämbetet, prästernas och leviternas förbund. (My God, never forget them, for they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priests and the Levites.) [1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Nehemja 13:29”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2025:]
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Den som betalar [för sex] syndar allvarligt mot sig själv: han bryter mot den kyskhet som hans dop förpliktade honom till och befläckar sin kropp, den helige Andes tempel. (The one who pays for sex sins gravely against himself: he violates the chastity to which his Baptism pledged him and defiles his body, the temple of the Holy Spirit.) [2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024, §2355:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. efter t.
beflecken; jfr d. beflække, holl. bevlekken; se BE- o. FLÄCKA, v.
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2. Calque of German beflecken, equivalent to be- + fläcka
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.