beskriva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish beskriva, from Middle Low German beschrîven, bescrîven,[1] equivalent to be- +‎ skriva (“to write”). Cognate with Danish beskriva, Norwegian Bokmål beskrive, Norwegian Nynorsk beskriva, beskrive, Dutch beschrijven, Afrikaans beskryf, Limburgish besjrieve, German beschreiben, Yiddish באַשרײַבן‎ (bashraybn), Luxembourgish beschreiwen, Vilamovian byśrajwa, Low German beschrieven, West Frisian beskriuwe, Saterland Frisian beskrieuwe.

Pronunciation
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Verb

beskriva

  1. to describe

Conjugation
Conjugation of beskriva (class 1 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive beskriva beskrivas
Present tense beskriver beskrivs , beskrives
Past tense beskrev beskrevs
Supine beskrivit beskrivits
Imperative beskriv —
Present participle beskrivande
Past participle beskriven

References
  1. beskriva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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