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besöka

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish besøkia, from Middle Low German besoken, equivalent to be- +‎ söka. Cognate with Danish besøge, Norwegian Bokmål besøke, Norwegian Nynorsk besøke, besøka, besøkje, besøkja, Dutch bezoeken, German besuchen, Saterland Frisian besäike, English beseech, beseek and Scots beseik.

Verb

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besöka (present besöker, preterite besökte, supine besökt, imperative besök)

  1. to visit (to go and meet or see)
  2. (obsolete) to examine, to search through

Conjugation

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Conjugation of besöka (weak)
active passive
infinitive besöka besökas
supine besökt besökts
imperative besök
imper. plural1 besöken
present past present past
indicative besöker besökte besöks, besökes besöktes
ind. plural1 besöka besökte besökas besöktes
subjunctive2 besöke besökte besökes besöktes
present participle besökande
past participle besökt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Further reading

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