begå
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German began, begen.
Verb
begå (imperative begå, present tense begår, passive begås, simple past begikk, past participle begått, present participle begående)
- to commit (e.g. a crime)
References
- “begå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
be- + gå. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɡoː/
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Verb
begå (present begår, preterite begick, supine begått, imperative begå)
- to commit, to perpetrate (perform, carry out)
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used in connection with various crimes, (serious) mistakes or suicides. If it is ever used in other contexts, one of these contexts will still flavor the word.
Conjugation
Conjugation of begå (strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | begå | begås | ||
| Supine | begått | begåtts | ||
| Imperative | begå | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | begån | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | begår | begick | begås | begicks |
| Ind. plural1 | begå | begingo | begås | begingos |
| Subjunctive2 | begå | beginge | begås | beginges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | begående | |||
| Past participle | begången | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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