Swedish verb

behärska

control, govern, be a master of, rule

Meaning

control; govern; be a master of; rule

In Swedish: ha makt över, styra; klara av, kunna

Conjugation

Conjugation of behärska (control)
Infinitive	att behärska	to control
Present	behärskar	jag behärskar
Past	behärskade	jag behärskade
Supine	behärskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har behärskat	jag har behärskat
Past perfect	hade behärskat	jag hade behärskat
Future	ska behärska	or: kommer att behärska
Conditional	skulle behärska	jag skulle behärska
Imperative	behärska!	a command
Present participle	behärskande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	behärskad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of behärska
Infinitive	behärskas
Present	behärskas
Past	behärskades
Supine	behärskats

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 behärskar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise behärska

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behärska in a sentence

behärska ett språk
have a good command of a language
behärska ett landområde
control a region

Questions

What does behärska mean in English?

behärska means “control, govern”.

What is the past tense of behärska?

The past tense of behärska is behärskade (“jag behärskade”). The supine is behärskat, used in “jag har behärskat”.

What is the present tense of behärska?

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

Similar words

klara avmästrakontrolleratygla

Origin

From German beherrschen.

Nearby common words

behärska is number 5,435 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,431noggrant carefully
5,432kex biscuit, a cracker, (UK) a biscuit
5,433beskyddare protector
5,434härute out here (här + ute)
5,436kemi chemistry
5,437vävnad tissue, fabric
5,438tillägg addition
5,439neråt downwards, down (toward a lower level)

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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