begå
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German began, begen.
Verb[edit]
begå (imperative begå, present tense begår, passive begås, simple past begikk, past participle begått, present participle begående)
- to commit (e.g. a crime)
References[edit]
- “begå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
be- + gå. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
begå (present begår, preterite begick, supine begått, imperative begå)
- to commit, to perpetrate (perform, carry out)
Usage notes[edit]
Almost exclusively used in connection with various crimes, (serious) mistakes or suicides. If it is ever used in other contexts, one of these contexts will still flavor the word.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of begå (strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | begå | begås | ||
Supine | begått | begåtts | ||
Imperative | begå | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | begån | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | begår | begick | begås | begicks |
Ind. plural1 | begå | begingo | begås | begingos |
Subjunctive2 | begå | beginge | begås | beginges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | begående | |||
Past participle | begången | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- begå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- begå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- begå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)