berätta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish berætta, from Middle Low German berichten, in correspondance to Swedish rätta (verb) and rätt (verb and noun), equivalent to be- + rätt + -a or be- + rätta. Cognate with Danish berette, Norwegian Bokmål berette, Dutch berichten (to report), berechten (to judge, to try), bericht (a report), Afrikaans berig (to report, a report), German berichten (to report), Bericht (a report) and Luxembourgish beriichten.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

berätta (present berättar, preterite berättade, supine berättat, imperative berätta)

  1. tell, narrate

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