From German bescheren or Middle Low German bescheren, from Old High German biskeran and Old Saxon biskeran respectively, equivalent to be- + skära. Cognate with Danish beskære, Norwegian Bokmål beskjære, Dutch bescheren, West Frisian beskeare, English beshear, Old Frisian biskera and Yiddish באַשערן (bashern) (See past participle באַשערט (bashert)).
beskära (present beskär, preterite beskärde, supine beskärt, imperative beskär)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | beskära | beskäras | ||
| Supine | beskärt | beskärts | ||
| Imperative | beskär | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | beskären | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | beskär | beskärde | beskärs, beskäres | beskärdes |
| Ind. plural1 | beskära | beskärde | beskäras | beskärdes |
| Subjunctive2 | beskäre | beskärde | beskäres | beskärdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beskärande | |||
| Past participle | beskärd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Same as etymology 1, by semantic extension.
beskära (present beskär, preterite beskar, supine beskurit, imperative beskär)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | beskära | beskäras | ||
| Supine | beskurit | beskurits | ||
| Imperative | beskär | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | beskären | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | beskär | beskar | beskärs, beskäres | beskars |
| Ind. plural1 | beskära | beskuro | beskäras | beskuros |
| Subjunctive2 | beskäre | beskure | beskäres | beskures |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beskärande | |||
| Past participle | beskuren | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||