From Middle Low German belonen or German belohnen, equivalent to be- + löna. Cognate with Danish belønne, Norwegian Bokmål belønne, Dutch belonen, Afrikaans beloon, Limburgish beloene, West Frisian beleanje, Saterland Frisian beloonje, Luxembourgish belounen and Yiddish באַלוינען (baloynen).
belöna (present belönar, preterite belönade, supine belönat, imperative belöna)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | belöna | belönas | ||
Supine | belönat | belönats | ||
Imperative | belöna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | belönen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | belönar | belönade | belönas | belönades |
Ind. plural1 | belöna | belönade | belönas | belönades |
Subjunctive2 | belöne | belönade | belönes | belönades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | belönande | |||
Past participle | belönad, belönt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |