FromMiddle Low Germanbegripen.
begripa (present tensebegrip,past tensebegreip,past participlebegripe,passive infinitivebegripast,present participlebegripande,imperativebegrip)
Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanbegripen, fromOld Saxonbigrīpan, fromProto-West Germanic*bigrīpan. Equivalent tobe- +gripa.
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begripa (presentbegriper,preteritebegrep,supinebegripit,imperativebegrip)
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begripa | begripas | ||
| supine | begripit | begripits | ||
| imperative | begrip | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | begripen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | begriper | begrep | begrips,begripes | begreps |
| ind. plural1 | begripa | begrepo | begripas | begrepos |
| subjunctive2 | begripe | begrepe | begripes | begrepes |
| present participle | begripande | |||
| past participle | begripen | |||
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.