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 | bruka |
| Present | brukar |
| Past | brukade |
| Imperative | bruka |
| Supine | brukat |
Verbs conjugated like 'bruka'
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 'bruka'
braka,
bråka,
bräka,
broka,
brusa,
bruska,
buka,
avbruka,
backa,
baka,
Translations
farm, to grow a particular crop
use, employ, apply
Additional Information
bruka ha som vana att
[A/ x brukar + INF]
Engelsk översättning
be in the habit of
Exempel
hon brukade aldrig slåss annars---she never used to get into fights otherwise
Svenskt
uppslagsord
brukar brukade brukat bruka(!) verb
använda; odla
[A brukar x]
Engelsk översättning
cultivate, till; farm
Exempel
han brukade fädernegården i många år---he kept the
family farm going for many years
Etymology
1. fsv. bruka, liksom d.
bruge af mnt. brūken (fsax. brūkan), motsv. holl. bruiken (mnl. brūken), t. (ge)brauchen (fht. brūhhan), feng. brūcan; jfr got. brūkjan; af samma rot som lat. frui, njuta (jfr FRUGAL, FRUKT) References:
1
2. From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan. See: Old Saxon '
brukan'.
Verbs referencing "bruka"
English
brook, Finnish with old forms
ruukata.
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.