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 | bettla |
| Present | bettlar |
| Past | bettlade |
| Imperative | bettla |
| Supine | bettlat |
Verbs conjugated like 'bettla'
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 'bettla'
betala,
betitla,
betsla,
buttla,
avbettla,
bärtla,
bättra,
bedla,
bemåla,
benåla,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. af t.
betteln, af fht. betalôn, iterativ till betôn, bittan (se BEDJA); jfr ä. d. bedle, d.
betle, nor. bidle, nt. beddeln, bädeln m. fl. former, mnt., holl.
bedelen o. BEDLA. Med afs. på växlingen af formerna
bettl- o.
bättl- jfr
Kock Sv. ljudh. 1: 222 f.; möjl. bero formerna med e på anslutning till BEDJA, liksom formen bitl- på anslutning till bidja (se under BEDJA)
2. sekundär bildning till BETA, v.6 References: 1 2
3. Borrowed from German betteln. First attested in 1615. Compare Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk betla. See: German, old spelling 'betteln', Norwegian, nynorsk 'betla'.
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.