bedröva

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German bedroven, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną. Cognate of Danish bedrøve, Dutch bedroeven, German betrüben.

Verb

bedröva (present bedrövar, preterite bedrövade, supine bedrövat, imperative bedröva)

1. sadden

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedröva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bedröva		bedrövas
supine	bedrövat		bedrövats
imperative	bedröva		—
imper. plural1	bedröven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bedrövar	bedrövade	bedrövas	bedrövades
ind. plural1	bedröva	bedrövade	bedrövas	bedrövades
subjunctive2	bedröve	bedrövade	bedröves	bedrövades
present participle		bedrövande
past participle		bedrövad

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

Related terms

• bedrövlig

References

• “bedröva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• bedröva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)