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fungera

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See also: fungerà

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German fungieren, from Latin fungī,[1] present active infinitive of fungor (“I perform, I execute”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fungere, Norwegian Nynorsk fungere, fungera, Danish fungere, Dutch fungeren, English function, fungible, Czech fungovat, Slovak fungovať, Italian fungere, Spanish fungir, French fonctionner.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fungera (present fungerar, preterite fungerade, supine fungerat, imperative fungera)

  1. function; to be in action
  2. work; to function correctly
  3. work out; to succeed
    Det borde fungera.
    That should work.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fungera (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive fungera —
Supine fungerat —
Imperative fungera —
Imper. plural1 fungeren —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fungerar fungerade — —
Ind. plural1 fungera fungerade — —
Subjunctive2 fungere fungerade — —
Participles
Present participle fungerande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ fungera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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