behärska

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Swedish

Etymology

From German beherrschen. Cognate with Danish beherske, Norwegian Bokmål beherske, Norwegian Nynorsk beherske, beherska and Dutch beheerschen. Equivalent to be- +‎ härska.

Pronunciation

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Verb

behärska (present behärskar, preterite behärskade, supine behärskat, imperative behärska)

  1. to master, to command, to rule (over), to control (a territory, a situation, a language, a field of knowledge)
  2. (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to control oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of behärska (weak)
active passive
infinitive behärska behärskas
supine behärskat behärskats
imperative behärska —
imper. plural1 behärsken —
present past present past
indicative behärskar behärskade behärskas behärskades
ind. plural1 behärska behärskade behärskas behärskades
subjunctive2 behärske behärskade behärskes behärskades
present participle behärskande
past participle behärskad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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