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bero

depend, be due (owing) to, rest, depend on

Meaning

depend; be due (owing) to; rest; depend on

In Swedish: vara nog

Conjugation

Conjugation of bero (depend)
Infinitive	att bero	to depend
Present	beror	jag beror
Past	berodde	jag berodde
Supine	berott	used after har / hade
Perfect	har berott	jag har berott
Past perfect	hade berott	jag hade berott
Future	ska bero	or: kommer att bero
Conditional	skulle bero	jag skulle bero
Imperative	bero!	a command
Present participle	beroende	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bero
Infinitive	beros
Present	beros
Past	beroddes
Supine	berotts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use beror. See the four verb groups explained.

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bero in a sentence

det beror på ett missförstånd
it arises from a misunderstanding
olyckan berodde på att bilföraren somnade
the accident was caused by the driver falling asleep at the wheel
Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade
The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.
det beror på
it depends
Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.
The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was shelved.

Questions

What does bero mean in English?

bero means “depend, be due (owing) to”.

What is the past tense of bero?

The past tense of bero is berodde (“jag berodde”). The supine is berott, used in “jag har berott”.

What is the present tense of bero?

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

Origin

From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- + ro.

Nearby common words

bero is number 1,120 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,116åk grade, form
1,117hål hole
1,118vann won
1,119byggnad building
1,121rena clean
1,122ö island
1,123ingenstans anywhere, nowhere
1,124ren clean, pure

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