From Middle Low German begripen.
begripa (present tense begrip, past tense begreip, past participle begripe, passive infinitive begripast, present participle begripande, imperative begrip)
Borrowed from Middle Low German begripen, from Old Saxon bigrīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- + gripa.
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begripa (present begriper, preterite begrep, supine begripit, imperative begrip)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | begripa | begripas | ||
Supine | begripit | begripits | ||
Imperative | begrip | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | begripen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | begriper | begrep | begrips, begripes | begreps |
Ind. plural1 | begripa | begrepo | begripas | begrepos |
Subjunctive2 | begripe | begrepe | begripes | begrepes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | begripande | |||
Past participle | begripen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |