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 | ge; giva |
| Present | ger; giver |
| Past | gav |
| Imperative | ge; giv |
| Supine | givit; gett |
Verbs conjugated like 'ge'
ange,
angiva,
avge,
avges,
avgiva,
avgivas,
bege,
begiva,
delge,
delgiva,
efterge,
eftergiva,
erftergiva,
formge,
formgiva,
frige,
frigiva,
förege,
föregiva,
ge, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ge'
be,
gå,
le,
se,
te,
aga,
äga,
ange,
åse,
avge,
Translations
afford, to provide; furnish
cause, to produce as a result
deal, to distribute (cards)
give, transfer the possession of something to someone else
hand, to give, pass or transmit with the hand
yield, to produce as a result
yield, to produce as return
Additional Information
giva överlämna (som gåva, som betalning), räcka (försvagat "presentera, ta fram")
[A ger B x; A ger x till/ åt B; A ger x för y]
Engelsk översättning
give
Exempel
ge någon en present---give
sby a present
jag har gett en tia för boken---I paid ten kronor for the book
ge besked---notify
ge ett exempel---give an example
ge någon rätt---to concede a point
Stående uttryck
ta
något för givet ("anse något som självklart")---take sth. for granted (nregard sth. as a self-evident rightn)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-
3. Proto-Germanic *gebaną
4. Old Norse gefa
5. Old Swedish giva
6. Swedish giva
7. Swedish ge
8. From giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.
Verbs referencing "ge"
English
give.
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.