Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

begripa

understand, perceive, grasp, comprehend/bɛˈɡriːpa/

Meaning

understand; perceive; grasp; comprehend

In Swedish: förstå, fatta, inse

Conjugation

Conjugation of begripa (understand)
Infinitive	att begripa	to understand
Present	begriper	jag begriper
Past	begrep	jag begrep
Supine	begripit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har begripit	jag har begripit
Past perfect	hade begripit	jag hade begripit
Future	ska begripa	or: kommer att begripa
Conditional	skulle begripa	jag skulle begripa
Imperative	begrip!	a command
Present participle	begripande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	begripen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of begripa
Infinitive	begripas
Present	begrips
Past	begreps
Supine	begripits

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 begriper. See the four verb groups explained.

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begripa in a sentence

jag begriper inte ett dugg
I just don't get it
begripa sig på barn
understand children

Questions

What does begripa mean in English?

begripa means “understand, perceive”.

What is the past tense of begripa?

The past tense of begripa is begrep (“jag begrep”). The supine is begripit, used in “jag har begripit”.

What is the present tense of begripa?

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

Similar words

fattainseförstågreppa

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German begripen, from Old Saxon bigrīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan.

Nearby common words

begripa is number 4,246 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,242buske bush
4,243femtio fifty; the number 50
4,244förskott advance
4,245pop pop
4,247övertygande convincing
4,248ledsna to get tired (of someone/something one has had enough of (hence taking action))
4,249omedelbar direct, immediate
4,250skryta boast, brag

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