medge

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

medge (present medger, preterite medgav, supine medgivit, imperative medge)

1. to admit; to concede as true

Usage notes

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Conjugation

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	medge		medges
Supine	medgivit		medgivits
Imperative	medge		—
Imper. plural1	medgen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	medger	medgav	medges	medgavs
Ind. plural1	medge	medgåvo	medges	medgåvos
Subjunctive2	medge	medgåve	medges	medgåves
	Participles
Present participle	medgivande
Past participle	medgiven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of medge (class 5 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	medgiva		medgivas
Supine	medgivit		medgivits
Imperative	medgiv		—
Imper. plural1	medgiven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	medgiver	medgav	medgives	medgavs
Ind. plural1	medgiva	medgåvo	medgivas	medgåvos
Subjunctive2	medgive	medgåve	medgives	medgåves
	Participles
Present participle	medgivande
Past participle	medgiven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of medgiva (class 5 strong, dated)