Swedish verb

bemanna

man

Meaning

man

In Swedish: förse med besättning eller manskap

Conjugation

Conjugation of bemanna (man)
Infinitive	att bemanna	to man
Present	bemannar	jag bemannar
Past	bemannade	jag bemannade
Supine	bemannat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bemannat	jag har bemannat
Past perfect	hade bemannat	jag hade bemannat
Future	ska bemanna	or: kommer att bemanna
Conditional	skulle bemanna	jag skulle bemanna
Imperative	bemanna!	a command
Present participle	bemannande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bemannad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bemanna
Infinitive	bemannas
Present	bemannas
Past	bemannades
Supine	bemannats

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 bemannar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bemanna in a sentence

bemanna ett skepp
man a ship

Questions

What does bemanna mean in English?

bemanna means “man”.

What is the past tense of bemanna?

The past tense of bemanna is bemannade (“jag bemannade”). The supine is bemannat, used in “jag har bemannat”.

What is the present tense of bemanna?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish bemanna, from Middle Low German bemannen, equivalent to be- + man (“a man”) + -a.

Nearby common words

bemanna is number 9,557 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,553plågad tormented, Abused
9,554koreanska Korean; the language spoken in Korea, a woman from Korea
9,555kronisk chronic
9,556tidsålder an age, an era (great period in the history of the Earth)
9,558obotlig incurable
9,559ateist atheist
9,560välbefinnande wellbeing
9,561sydvästra south-western

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