Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

beordra

instruct, order

Meaning

instruct; order

In Swedish: ge order om, befalla

Conjugation

Conjugation of beordra (instruct)
Infinitive	att beordra	to instruct
Present	beordrar	jag beordrar
Past	beordrade	jag beordrade
Supine	beordrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har beordrat	jag har beordrat
Past perfect	hade beordrat	jag hade beordrat
Future	ska beordra	or: kommer att beordra
Conditional	skulle beordra	jag skulle beordra
Imperative	beordra!	a command
Present participle	beordrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	beordrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of beordra
Infinitive	beordras
Present	beordras
Past	beordrades
Supine	beordrats

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 beordrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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beordra in a sentence

beordrad övertid
overtime ordered by the employer

Questions

What does beordra mean in English?

beordra means “instruct, order”.

What is the past tense of beordra?

The past tense of beordra is beordrade (“jag beordrade”). The supine is beordrat, used in “jag har beordrat”.

What is the present tense of beordra?

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

Similar words

kommenderastyrabefalla

Origin

Borrowed from German beordern.

Nearby common words

beordra is number 2,620 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,616mista lose, do without
2,617slogs fought
2,618haj shark
2,619kors cross, crucifix
2,621gas gas, fuel supply to an engine
2,622tyckas seem
2,623begravd interred, buried
2,624officiellt official, officially

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