Swedish verb

bearbeta

work, work at, work up/ˈbeːarˌbeːta/

Meaning

work; work at; work up

In Swedish: arbeta med; omarbeta, förädla

Conjugation

Conjugation of bearbeta (work)
Infinitive	att bearbeta	to work
Present	bearbetar	jag bearbetar
Past	bearbetade	jag bearbetade
Supine	bearbetat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bearbetat	jag har bearbetat
Past perfect	hade bearbetat	jag hade bearbetat
Future	ska bearbeta	or: kommer att bearbeta
Conditional	skulle bearbeta	jag skulle bearbeta
Imperative	bearbeta!	a command
Present participle	bearbetande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bearbetad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bearbeta
Infinitive	bearbetas
Present	bearbetas
Past	bearbetades
Supine	bearbetats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use bearbetar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bearbeta in a sentence

bearbeta ett problem
work on a problem
bearbeta ett material
work up a material

Questions

What does bearbeta mean in English?

bearbeta means “work, work at”.

What is the past tense of bearbeta?

The past tense of bearbeta is bearbetade (“jag bearbetade”). The supine is bearbetat, used in “jag har bearbetat”.

What is the present tense of bearbeta?

bearbetar, the same for every person: jag bearbetar, du bearbetar, vi bearbetar.

Similar words

processabehandlaomforma

Origin

From German bearbeiten or Low German bearbeiden.

Nearby common words

bearbeta is number 5,441 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,437vävnad tissue, fabric
5,438tillägg addition
5,439neråt downwards, down (toward a lower level)
5,440avgift charge, fee
5,442majs corn
5,443jordbävning an earthquake
5,444fristad a sanctuary, a haven, a refuge, a free city (various senses)
5,445krympa shrink

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary