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beröra

touch

Meaning

touch

In Swedish: röra vid

Conjugation

Conjugation of beröra (touch)
Infinitive	att beröra	to touch
Present	berör	jag berör
Past	berörde	jag berörde
Supine	berört	used after har / hade
Perfect	har berört	jag har berört
Past perfect	hade berört	jag hade berört
Future	ska beröra	or: kommer att beröra
Conditional	skulle beröra	jag skulle beröra
Imperative	berör!	a command
Present participle	berörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	berörd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of beröra
Infinitive	beröras
Present	berörs
Past	berördes
Supine	berörts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use berör. See the four verb groups explained.

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

beröra in a sentence

frågan berördes inte vid sammanträdet
the matter was not discussed during the meeting
berörda myndigheter
the authorities concerned

Questions

What does beröra mean in English?

beröra means “touch”.

What is the past tense of beröra?

The past tense of beröra is berörde (“jag berörde”). The supine is berört, used in “jag har berört”.

What is the present tense of beröra?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish beroren, from Middle Low German beroren, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), equivalent to be- + röra.

Nearby common words

beröra is number 4,600 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,597sams not quarreling; getting along and on good terms
4,598bajsa do a poo(-poo)
4,599upprätthålla maintain
4,601handel commerce, trade
4,602plundra plunder, rob
4,603portfölj briefcase, dispatch case
4,604signatur signature, pseudonym

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