bedriva

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bedriva, from Middle Low German bedrîven. Equivalent to be- +‎ driva. Cognate with Danish bedrive, Norwegian Bokmål bedrive, German betreiben, Dutch bedrijven and English bedrive.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bedriva (present bedriver, preterite bedrev, supine bedrivit, imperative bedriv)

  1. to operate, to run, to manage

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedriva (class 1 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive bedriva bedrivas
Supine bedrivit bedrivits
Imperative bedriv —
Imper. plural1 bedriven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative bedriver bedrev bedrivs, bedrives bedrevs
Ind. plural1 bedriva bedrevo bedrivas bedrevos
Subjunctive2 bedrive bedreve bedrives bedreves
Participles
Present participle bedrivande
Past participle bedriven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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