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 | fostra |
| Present | fostrar |
| Past | fostrade |
| Imperative | fostra |
| Supine | fostrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'fostra'
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 'fostra'
alstra,
dosera,
fasta,
fästa,
fastna,
fastta,
festa,
fodra,
fordra,
forta,
Translations
Sample Sentences
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Klubben har fostrat många talanger (The club has nurtured many talents)
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Han fostrades till revolutionär (He was raised to be a revolutionary)
Additional Information
fostra ge fostran
[A fostrar B]
Engelsk översättning
bring up, rear
Etymology
1. fsv. fostra (i bet. 2 o. 3), motsv. d.
fostre, isl. fóstra, eng. foster, v.; av germ. fōstrōn, avledn. till fōstra- i dess urspr. abstr. bet.: födande, fostrande (se FOSTER) References:
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2. Inherited from Old Swedish fostra, derived from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą. Cognate of English foster. See: English '
foster'.
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.