Swedish verb

bärga

salvage, save, rescue, gather

Meaning

salvage; save; rescue; gather; bring in; contain oneself

In Swedish: rädda

Conjugation

Conjugation of bärga (salvage)
Infinitive	att bärga	to salvage
Present	bärgar	jag bärgar
Past	bärgade	jag bärgade
Supine	bärgat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bärgat	jag har bärgat
Past perfect	hade bärgat	jag hade bärgat
Future	ska bärga	or: kommer att bärga
Conditional	skulle bärga	jag skulle bärga
Imperative	bärga!	a command
Present participle	bärgande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bärgad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bärga
Infinitive	bärgas
Present	bärgas
Past	bärgades
Supine	bärgats

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 bärgar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bärga in a sentence

bärga en bil
tow a car
bärga hö
make hay
bärga ett sjunket skepp
salvage [raise] a sunken ship
bärga kanonerna på skeppet
salvage the cannons on the ship
bärga kropparna från vraket
salvage the bodies from the wreck
bärga bilen ur diket
tow [would normally be implied] the car out of the ditch
bilbärgning
breakdown recovery service / tow truck / etc. ["car salvage" – might also include transportation to a repair shop or the like]
De kunde knappt bärga sig
They could hardly contain themselves

Expressions

inte kunna bärga sig
be unable

Questions

What does bärga mean in English?

bärga means “salvage, save”.

What is the past tense of bärga?

The past tense of bärga is bärgade (“jag bärgade”). The supine is bärgat, used in “jag har bärgat”.

What is the present tense of bärga?

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

Similar words

bogsering

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish biærgha, bærgha, from Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.

Nearby common words

bärga is number 6,851 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,847frustrerande frustrating, frustrating (causing feelings of frustration)
6,848fridfullt peacefully, quietly
6,849symtom symptom, symptom (indicator of something)
6,850skeppa send by ship, ship
6,852kamel camel
6,853konservativ conservative
6,854ock too, also
6,855strejka strike

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