Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

begå

commit, perpetrate, perform, carry out (an act)/bɛˈɡoː/

Meaning

commit; perpetrate; perform; carry out (an act)

In Swedish: utföra (en handling)

Conjugation

Conjugation of begå (commit)
Infinitive	att begå	to commit
Present	begår	jag begår
Past	begick	jag begick
Supine	begått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har begått	jag har begått
Past perfect	hade begått	jag hade begått
Future	ska begå	or: kommer att begå
Conditional	skulle begå	jag skulle begå
Imperative	begå!	a command
Present participle	begående	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	begången	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of begå
Infinitive	begås
Present	begås
Past	begicks
Supine	begåtts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use begår. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise begå

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Yesterday I … (begå). Which is the past tense?

begå in a sentence

begå ett brott
commit a crime

Questions

What does begå mean in English?

begå means “commit, perpetrate”.

What is the past tense of begå?

The past tense of begå is begick (“jag begick”). The supine is begått, used in “jag har begått”.

What is the present tense of begå?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish bega, from Middle Low German begen.

Nearby common words

begå is number 1,091 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,087sheriff sheriff
1,088monster monster
1,089nämna mention
1,090hette was called (named)
1,092föda give birth to, feed
1,093fira celebrate, shirk, truant
1,094röka smoke
1,095träff date, meeting

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