begrunda
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish begrunda, begrunna, probably from Middle Low German Middle Low German begrunden. Compare Danish begrunde, Dutch begronden, German begründen.
Verb
[edit]begrunda (present begrundar, preterite begrundade, supine begrundat, imperative begrunda)
- to reflect (deeply and thoughtfully) on (something); to ponder, to contemplate, to meditate on, to consider, etc.
- Alla satt tysta och begrundade det märkliga de just fått höra
- Everyone sat in silence, contemplating the strange things they had just been told [the strange [nominalized] they had just gotten to hear]
- något att begrunda
- something to ponder
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begrunda | begrundas | ||
| supine | begrundat | begrundats | ||
| imperative | begrunda | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | begrunden | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | begrundar | begrundade | begrundas | begrundades |
| ind. plural1 | begrunda | begrundade | begrundas | begrundades |
| subjunctive2 | begrunde | begrundade | begrundes | begrundades |
| present participle | begrundande | |||
| past participle | begrundad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.