fortbestå

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Swedish

Etymology

fort- +‎ bestå. Cognate of German fortbestehen.

Verb

fortbestå (present fortbestår, preterite fortbestod, supine fortbestått, imperative fortbestå)

  1. persist, continue to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of fortbestå (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive fortbestå —
Supine fortbestått —
Imperative fortbestå —
Imper. plural1 fortbestån —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fortbestår fortbestod — —
Ind. plural1 fortbestå fortbestodo — —
Subjunctive2 fortbestå fortbestode — —
Participles
Present participle fortbestående
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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