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 | begåva |
| Present | begåvar |
| Past | begåvade |
| Imperative | begåva |
| Supine | begåvat |
Verbs conjugated like 'begåva'
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 'begåva'
begiva,
bebåda,
bedåra,
bedöva,
begå,
begapa,
begära,
begråta,
begrava,
behöva,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- skänka
- förära
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
begåva (frikostigt) förse
[x/A begåvar B med y]
Engelsk översättning
present, endow
Exempel
naturen hade begåvat honom med utstående öron---nature had blessed him with protruding ears
Etymology
1. fsv. begava, liksom d. begave af mnt. begaven; jfr holl. begaven, t. begaben; se BE- o. GÅFVA References:
1
2. Equivalent to be- + gåva, from Old Swedish begava, from Middle Low German begaven, from Old Saxon bi- + gevan.
3. Compare Danish begave, Dutch begaven, German begaben. See: Danish '
begave', Dutch '
begaven', German, old spelling '
begaben'.
Verbs referencing "begåva"
English
begift.
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.