Swedish verb

bekväma

to (reluctantly) bother oneself (to do something)Also the plural of bekväm.

Meaning

to (reluctantly) bother oneself (to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekväma
Infinitive	att bekväma	to
Present	bekvämar	jag bekvämar
Past	bekvämade	jag bekvämade
Supine	bekvämat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bekvämat	jag har bekvämat
Past perfect	hade bekvämat	jag hade bekvämat
Future	ska bekväma	or: kommer att bekväma
Conditional	skulle bekväma	jag skulle bekväma
Imperative	bekväma!	a command
Present participle	bekvämande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bekväma
Infinitive	bekvämas
Present	bekvämas
Past	bekvämades
Supine	bekvämats

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 bekvämar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

bekväma in a sentence

Han kunde inte ens bekväma sig att svara
He couldn't even bother himself to reply

Questions

What does bekväma mean in English?

bekväma means “to (reluctantly) bother oneself (to do something)”.

What is the past tense of bekväma?

The past tense of bekväma is bekvämade (“jag bekvämade”). The supine is bekvämat, used in “jag har bekvämat”.

What is the present tense of bekväma?

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

Nearby common words

bekväma is number 8,090 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,086avspärrning cordon, barrier, perimeter
8,087virke wood
8,088flyt smooth running
8,089slängd clever, good at
8,091oavgjort to a draw, to a tie
8,092brudtärna bridesmaid
8,093dramatik drama
8,094later manners

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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