bedraga
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish bedragha, from Middle Low German bedregen, from Old Saxon bidriogan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan. By surface analysis, be- + draga, etymologically equivalent to be- + dryga. Displaced native svika in this sense.
Verb
bedraga (present bedrager, preterite bedrog, supine bedragit, imperative bedrag)
Usage notes
The apocopic form bedra is used much more often in today's Swedish.
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bedraga | bedragas | ||
| Supine | bedragit | bedragits | ||
| Imperative | bedrag | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bedragen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bedrager | bedrog | bedrags, bedrages | bedrogs |
| Ind. plural1 | bedraga | bedrogo | bedragas | bedrogos |
| Subjunctive2 | bedrage | bedroge | bedrages | bedroges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bedragande | |||
| Past participle | bedragen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of bedraga (class 6 strong)
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- bedraga in Svensk ordbok.
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