bestå
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to be- + stå (“to stand”). From Middle Low German bestân, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną, *bistāną (“to stand by”), cognate with English bestand, German bestehen, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bistandan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bestå (present består, past bestod, past participle bestået, passive bestås)
- (with af) to consist
- Messing består af zink og kobber.
- Brass consists of zinc and cupper.
- Messing består af zink og kobber.
- to persist, to endure, to continue to exist
- to pass (a test, a course)
Conjugation
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bestân.
Verb
[edit]bestå (present tense består, simple past besto or bestod, past participle bestått, present participle bestående)
References
[edit]- “bestå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bestân.
Verb
[edit]bestå (present tense består, past tense bestod, past participle bestått, passive infinitive beståast, present participle beståande, imperative bestå)
References
[edit]- “bestå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bestå (present består, preterite bestod, supine bestått, imperative bestå)
- (with av (“of”)) to consist (of), to be made of
- Livet består av 29 000 dagar
- Life consists of 29,000 days
- to continue to exist; to remain, to persist, to endure, to stand, to prevail, etc. (rhymes with its opposite: förgå)
- Åsikter förgår men värderingar består.
- Opinions vanish but values persist.
Declension
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | bestå | bestås | ||
supine | bestått | beståtts | ||
imperative | bestå | — | ||
imper. plural1 | bestån | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | består | bestod | bestås | bestods |
ind. plural1 | bestå | bestodo | bestås | bestodos |
subjunctive2 | bestå | bestode | bestås | bestodes |
present participle | bestående | |||
past participle | bestånden |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- bestå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bestå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bestå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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