bedöva
Meaning
numb; anesthetize
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bedöva | to numb |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bedövar | jag bedövar |
| Past | bedövade | jag bedövade |
| Supine | bedövat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bedövat | jag har bedövat |
| Past perfect | hade bedövat | jag hade bedövat |
| Future | ska bedöva | or: kommer att bedöva |
| Conditional | skulle bedöva | jag skulle bedöva |
| Imperative | bedöva! | a command |
| Present participle | bedövande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | bedövad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bedövas |
|---|---|
| Present | bedövas |
| Past | bedövades |
| Supine | bedövats |
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 bedövar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bedöva
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bedöva). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does bedöva mean in English?
bedöva means “numb, anesthetize”.
What is the past tense of bedöva?
The past tense of bedöva is bedövade (“jag bedövade”). The supine is bedövat, used in “jag har bedövat”.
What is the present tense of bedöva?
bedövar, the same for every person: jag bedövar, du bedövar, vi bedövar.
Origin
After either Middle Low German bedoven, Low German bedöwen or German betäuben.
Nearby common words
bedöva is number 7,853 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 7,852tjuvlyssna eavesdrop, to eavesdrop
- 7,854vag vague
- 7,855sned crooked, oblique
- 7,856produktiv productive
- 7,857milis militia
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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