undgå

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to und- (“away”) +‎ gå (“to go”), from Old Danish untgaa. Calque of Middle Low German entgān, compare German entgehen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔnˌɡ̊ɔˀ]

Verb

undgå (past tense undgik, past participle undgået)

1. to avoid, evade, escape

Conjugation

Inflection of undgå

	present	past
simple	undgår	undgik
perfect	har undgået	havde undgået
passive	undgås	undgikkes
participle	undgående	undgået
imperative	undgå	—
infinitive	undgå	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	undgåen	—

Swedish

Etymology

und- +‎ gå. Refer German ent- +‎ gehen, which in for example "einer Sache entgehen" means to avoid/evade/escape something.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oː

Verb

undgå (present undgår, preterite undgick, supine undgått, imperative undgå)

1. to evade, to escape

Conjugation

Conjugation of undgå (strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	undgå		—
Supine	undgått		—
Imperative	undgå		—
Imper. plural1	undgån		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	undgår	undgick	—	—
Ind. plural1	undgå	undgingo	—	—
Subjunctive2	undgå	undginge	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	undgående
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• undgå in Svensk ordbok.
• undgå in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)