bärga
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en bärgningsbil som bärgar en bil (sense 1.1)
See also: Barga
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish biærgha, bærgha, from Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-. Cognate of Icelandic bjarga, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 (bairgan), German bergen, Old English beorgan.
Verb
bärga (present bärgar, preterite bärgade, supine bärgat, imperative bärga)
- to salvage (recover, most commonly (something on) a sunken vessel, or a vehicle that has broken down)
- bärga ett sjunket skepp
- salvage 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 the car out of the ditch
- bilbärgning
- breakdown recovery service / tow truck / etc.
- to recover (when more idiomatic – see the picture for example)
- (crops) to harvest, to garner
- (sails) to furl
- (reflexive) to contain oneself
- De kunde knappt bärga sig
- They could hardly contain themselves
Conjugation
Conjugation of bärga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bärga | bärgas | ||
| Supine | bärgat | bärgats | ||
| Imperative | bärga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bärgen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bärgar | bärgade | bärgas | bärgades |
| Ind. plural1 | bärga | bärgade | bärgas | bärgades |
| Subjunctive2 | bärge | bärgade | bärges | bärgades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bärgande | |||
| Past participle | bärgad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: pärjätä