From Middle Low German bekreften or German bekräften (rare, more often bekräftigen), from Middle High German bekreften. Equivalent of be- + kraft + -a. The synonym bekräftiga went out of use during the 17th century. Cognate with Danish bekræfte, Norwegian Bokmål bekrefte and Norwegian Nynorsk bekrefte, bekrefta.
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bekräfta (present bekräftar, preterite bekräftade, supine bekräftat, imperative bekräfta)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bekräfta | bekräftas | ||
Supine | bekräftat | bekräftats | ||
Imperative | bekräfta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bekräften | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bekräftar | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
Ind. plural1 | bekräfta | bekräftade | bekräftas | bekräftades |
Subjunctive2 | bekräfte | bekräftade | bekräftes | bekräftades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bekräftande | |||
Past participle | bekräftad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |