bedriva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bedriva, from Middle Low German bedrîven. Equivalent to be- +‎ driva. Cognate with Danish bedrive, Norwegian Bokmål bedrive, German betreiben, Dutch bedrijven and English bedrive.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bedriva

1. to operate, to run, to manage

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedriva (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bedriva		bedrivas
Supine	bedrivit		bedrivits
Imperative	bedriv		—
Imper. plural1	bedriven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bedriver	bedrev	bedrivs, bedrives	bedrevs
Ind. plural1	bedriva	bedrevo	bedrivas	bedrevos
Subjunctive2	bedrive	bedreve	bedrives	bedreves
	Participles
Present participle	bedrivande
Past participle	bedriven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bedrift

References

• bedriva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)