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godkänna

authorize, accept, approve, agree to

Meaning

authorize; accept; approve; agree to

In Swedish: acceptera, godta, auktorisera

Conjugation

Conjugation of godkänna (authorize)
Infinitive	att godkänna	to authorize
Present	godkänner	jag godkänner
Past	godkände	jag godkände
Supine	godkänt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har godkänt	jag har godkänt
Past perfect	hade godkänt	jag hade godkänt
Future	ska godkänna	or: kommer att godkänna
Conditional	skulle godkänna	jag skulle godkänna
Imperative	godkänn!	a command
Present participle	godkännande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	godkänd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of godkänna
Infinitive	godkännas
Present	godkänns
Past	godkändes
Supine	godkänts

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 godkänner. See the four verb groups explained.

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godkänna in a sentence

godkänna ett förslag
sanction a proposal
bli godkänd på ett prov
pass an exam
Läraren godkände eleven
The teacher passed the student
Eleven fick godkänt
The student received a passing grade
Socialnämnden skall antingen godkänna avtalet eller vägra godkänna det.
The social welfare board shall either approve the contract or refuse to approve it.

Questions

What does godkänna mean in English?

godkänna means “authorize, accept”.

What is the past tense of godkänna?

The past tense of godkänna is godkände (“jag godkände”). The supine is godkänt, used in “jag har godkänt”.

What is the present tense of godkänna?

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

Similar words

ratificerabifallatillstyrkaaccepterabeviljage bifall

Origin

god + känna.

Nearby common words

godkänna is number 2,335 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,331fördel benefit, advantage
2,332inbrott burglary, housebreaking, setting in
2,333korridor corridor
2,334verkligt really
2,336material material
2,337dödlig fatal, mortal
2,338kliva stride, climb
2,339paket parcel

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary