bemästra
Meaning
overcome; master; subdue
In Swedish: klara av (en svårighet)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bemästra | to overcome |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bemästrar | jag bemästrar |
| Past | bemästrade | jag bemästrade |
| Supine | bemästrat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bemästrat | jag har bemästrat |
| Past perfect | hade bemästrat | jag hade bemästrat |
| Future | ska bemästra | or: kommer att bemästra |
| Conditional | skulle bemästra | jag skulle bemästra |
| Imperative | bemästra! | a command |
| Present participle | bemästrande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | bemästrad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bemästras |
|---|---|
| Present | bemästras |
| Past | bemästrades |
| Supine | bemästrats |
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 bemästrar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bemästra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bemästra). Which is the past tense?
bemästra in a sentence
- han bemästrade inte situationenhe was unable to control the situation
Questions
What does bemästra mean in English?
bemästra means “overcome, master”.
What is the past tense of bemästra?
The past tense of bemästra is bemästrade (“jag bemästrade”). The supine is bemästrat, used in “jag har bemästrat”.
What is the present tense of bemästra?
bemästrar, the same for every person: jag bemästrar, du bemästrar, vi bemästrar.
Similar words
styra överövervinna
Origin
Borrowed from German bemeistern.
Nearby common words
bemästra is number 9,364 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,360synpunkt a comment, an opinion
- 9,361jättelik gigantic, massive, enormous
- 9,362genomskinlig transparent
- 9,363välla well
- 9,365finkamma fine-comb
- 9,366ointressant uninteresting
- 9,367piga maid
- 9,368sylta brawn, inferior restaurant
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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