fungera

See also: fungerà

Swedish

Etymology

From German fungieren, from Latin fungī,[1] present active infinitive of fungor (I perform, I execute), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (to enjoy). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fungere, Norwegian Nynorsk fungere, fungera, Danish fungere, Dutch fungeren, English function, fungible, Czech fungovat, Slovak fungovať, Italian fungere, Spanish fungir, French fonctionner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɵŋˈɡeːra/

Verb

fungera (present fungerar, preterite fungerade, supine fungerat, imperative fungera)

  1. function; to be in action
  2. work; to function correctly
  3. work out; to succeed
    Det borde fungera.
    That should work.

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. fungera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.