bedraga
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Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
bedraga (present bedrager, preterite bedrog, supine bedragit, imperative bedrag)
Usage notes[edit]
The apocopic form bedra is used much more often in today's Swedish.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bedraga (class 6 strong)
| 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. | ||||
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Further reading[edit]
- bedraga in Svensk ordbok.