erkänna
Swedish
Etymology
From German erkennen or Low German erkennen. Cognate with German erkende, Norwegian Bokmål erkjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk erkjenne, erkjenna, Dutch erkennen and Luxembourgish erkennen. Equivalent to er- + känna
Pronunciation
Verb
erkänna
- admit; to concede as true
- recognize; acknowledge the existence of
- recognize; realize or discover the nature of something
Conjugation
Conjugation of erkänna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | erkänna | erkännas | ||
| Supine | erkänt | erkänts | ||
| Imperative | erkänn | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | erkännen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | erkänner | erkände | erkänns, erkännes | erkändes |
| Ind. plural1 | erkänna | erkände | erkännas | erkändes |
| Subjunctive2 | erkänne | erkände | erkännes | erkändes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | erkännande | |||
| Past participle | erkänd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||