Swedish verb

bereda

prepare, get ready

Meaning

prepare; get ready

In Swedish: förbereda

Conjugation

Conjugation of bereda (prepare)
Infinitive	att bereda	to prepare
Present	bereder	jag bereder
Past	beredde	jag beredde
Supine	berett	used after har / hade
Perfect	har berett	jag har berett
Past perfect	hade berett	jag hade berett
Future	ska bereda	or: kommer att bereda
Conditional	skulle bereda	jag skulle bereda
Imperative	bered!	a command
Present participle	beredande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	beredd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bereda
Infinitive	beredas
Present	bereds
Past	bereddes
Supine	beretts

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 bereder. See the four verb groups explained.

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bereda in a sentence

bereda sig på det värsta
prepare for the worst
bereda ett ärende
prepare (go through) a case

Questions

What does bereda mean in English?

bereda means “prepare, get ready”.

What is the past tense of bereda?

The past tense of bereda is beredde (“jag beredde”). The supine is berett, used in “jag har berett”.

What is the present tense of bereda?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish bereþa, from Middle Low German bereden, from berede + -en or from be- + reden, equivalent to be- + reda.

Nearby common words

bereda is number 5,888 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,884tändsticka a match; device to make fire
5,885komedi comedy
5,886mutor bribes
5,887befriad liberated, exempt
5,889avfärda dismiss, repudiate
5,890donation donation
5,891frälsning salvation
5,892behå brassiere, bra

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