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 (present bedriver, preterite bedrev, supine bedrivit, imperative bedriv)

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
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)