forska
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1729, borrowed from German forschen.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]forska (present forskar, preterite forskade, supine forskat, imperative forska)
- (intransitive) to research (especially scientifically, but also more generally, by extension)
- forska om/kring något
- research something / do research on something
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of forska (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | forska | forskas | ||
| Supine | forskat | forskats | ||
| Imperative | forska | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | forsken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | forskar | forskade | forskas | forskades |
| Ind. plural1 | forska | forskade | forskas | forskades |
| Subjunctive2 | forske | forskade | forskes | forskades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | forskande | |||
| Past participle | forskad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ forska in Svensk ordbok.