göra

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gora"

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

  • The noun is a nominalization of the verb. Literally "doing."

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /²jøːra/, [²jœːɾa], (dialectal, verb only) [jœː]
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  • Rhymes: -²øːra

Noun[edit]

göra n

  1. work, task
    • 1955, Ulla Bjerne, Livet väntar dej [Life is waiting for you]:
      Linus Hägg är ursinnig varje påsk och egentligen är mitt påskbestyr ett otacksamt göra som aldrig inbringar mig någon uppmuntran, utan snarare obehag.
      Linus Hägg is furious every Easter and my Easter duties are in fact a thankless task that never brings me any encouragement, but rather discomfort.
Declension[edit]
Declension of göra 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative göra görat — —
Genitive göras görats — —
Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

göra (present gör, preterite gjorde, supine gjort, imperative gör)

  1. to do (be occupied with an activity)
    Synonym: ha för sig
    Vad gör du?
    What are you doing?
    Jag kunde inte göra någonting.
    I couldn't do anything.
  2. to make, to produce, to create
    Jag gör en paj.
    I'm making a pie.
  3. to cause, to make, to have an effect
    Hans gåva gjorde mig glad.
    His gift made me happy.
  4. (auxiliary, pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not used with auxiliaries
    Jag spelar tennis och det gör hon också.
    I play tennis and she does too.
  5. (auxiliary) to do so; a syntactic marker that takes the place of the verb when the main verb is topicalized.
    • 1873, Jules Verne, translated by Axel L. Ericsson, Jorden rundt på åttio dagar [Around the World in Eighty Days], page 148:
      Han åt således mycket brådskande, men åt gjorde han i alla fall.
      He thus ate very fast, but at least he did eat (literal translation of the sentence).
      Still, he was obliged to eat, and so he ate (in the English translation of the book).
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of göra (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive göra göras
Supine gjort gjorts
Imperative gör —
Imper. plural1 gören —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gör gjorde görs, göres gjordes
Ind. plural1 göra gjorde göras gjordes
Subjunctive2 göre gjorde göres gjordes
Participles
Present participle görande
Past participle gjord
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From an older noun gorr, går (“dirt, mud, animal intestine content etc.”), with western Swedish vowel fronting /ɔ/ > /œː/ (sometimes represented in dialectal writing with a circumflex ⟨ô⟩). From Old Norse gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Related to English gore. Compare the intensifying prefix gör-.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (western Sweden) /²ɡœːra/

Noun[edit]

göra c

  1. (dialectal, western Sweden) sludge, goo, gunk
Declension[edit]
Declension of göra 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative göra göran göror görorna
Genitive göras görans görors görornas

Verb[edit]

göra (present görar, preterite görade, supine görat, imperative göra)

  1. (dialectal, western Sweden) to rub snow in someone’s face
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of göra (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive göra göras
Supine görat görats
Imperative göra —
Imper. plural1 gören —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative görar görade göras görades
Ind. plural1 göra görade göras görades
Subjunctive2 göre görade göres görades
Participles
Present participle görande
Past participle görad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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