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begära

ask, request, demand, apply for

Meaning

ask; request; demand; apply for

In Swedish: be om, fordra, kräva

Conjugation

Conjugation of begära (ask)
Infinitive	att begära	to ask
Present	begär	jag begär
Past	begärde	jag begärde
Supine	begärt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har begärt	jag har begärt
Past perfect	hade begärt	jag hade begärt
Future	ska begära	or: kommer att begära
Conditional	skulle begära	jag skulle begära
Imperative	begär!	a command
Present participle	begärande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	begärd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of begära
Infinitive	begäras
Present	begärs
Past	begärdes
Supine	begärts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use begär. See the four verb groups explained.

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begära in a sentence

begära en utredning
demand that an investigation be carried out
nämnden begär att få inrätta en tjänst
the committee asks leave to create a post
Jag har begärt ledigt första veckan i november
I have requested time off for the first week of November
De begärde att få tala med konungen
They asked to speak to the king
Vad mer kan man begära?
What more can you ask for?
Det är inte mycket jag begär
I'm not asking for much
Är det för mycket begärt att han tar lite ansvar?
Is it too much to ask [too much asked for] for him to take some responsibility?
Vi begär betalning i förskott
We require / ask for payment in advance

Questions

What does begära mean in English?

begära means “ask, request”.

What is the past tense of begära?

The past tense of begära is begärde (“jag begärde”). The supine is begärt, used in “jag har begärt”.

What is the present tense of begära?

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

Similar words

krävaerfordralusta

Origin

From Middle Low German begeren (“to want, covet”).

Nearby common words

begära is number 2,894 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,890jisses alternative form of jösses
2,891jätte giant
2,892spola flush, wash
2,893mm mm
2,895puss kiss, puddle
2,896juni June
2,897tatuering tattoo
2,898halvår a half-year (often six months)

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