böta
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse bœta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną.
Verb
böta (present bötar, preterite bötade, supine bötat, imperative böta)
Usage notes
- More rarely conjugated bötte, bött, says SAOL (1923). This is the case in the very antiquated proverb hött är med ingo bött (“a threat is with naught atoned, is not a crime”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of böta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | böta | — | ||
| Supine | bötat | — | ||
| Imperative | böta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | böten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bötar | bötade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | böta | bötade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | böte | bötade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bötande | |||
| Past participle | bötad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
References
- böta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Old High German boto.
Pronunciation
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Noun
bȫta m (plural böta)