bedöva

See also: bedøva

Swedish

Etymology

After either Middle Low German bedoven, Low German bedöwen or German betäuben. By surface analysis, be- +‎ döva (“dampen”). Cognate of Danish bedøva.

Verb

bedöva (present bedövar, preterite bedövade, supine bedövat, imperative bedöva)

1. numb
2. (medicine) anesthetize

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedöva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bedöva		bedövas
supine	bedövat		bedövats
imperative	bedöva		—
imper. plural1	bedöven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bedövar	bedövade	bedövas	bedövades
ind. plural1	bedöva	bedövade	bedövas	bedövades
subjunctive2	bedöve	bedövade	bedöves	bedövades
present participle		bedövande
past participle		bedövad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• bedövning
• lokalbedöva
• öronbedövande

References

• “bedöva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bedöva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bedöva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)