bekräfta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bekreften or German bekräften (rare, more often bekräftigen), from Middle High German bekreften. Equivalent of be- + kraft + -a. The synonym bekräftiga went out of use during the 17th century. Cognate with Danish bekræfte, Norwegian Bokmål bekrefte and Norwegian Nynorsk bekrefte, bekrefta.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]bekräfta (present bekräftar, preterite bekräftade, supine bekräftat, imperative bekräfta)
- to confirm, to acknowledge
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bekräfta | bekräftas | ||
| supine | bekräftat | bekräftats | ||
| imperative | bekräfta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bekräften | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bekräftar | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
| ind. plural1 | bekräfta | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
| subjunctive2 | bekräfte | bekräftade | bekräftes | bekräftades |
| present participle | bekräftande | |||
| past participle | bekräftad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.