bedriva
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]bedriva (present bedriver, preterite bedrev, supine bedrivit, imperative bedriv)
Conjugation
[edit]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. | ||||