född

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

föd (“to cover”, variant of fed) +‎ -d

Pronunciation

Verb

född

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of föd

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fœd/,
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  • Rhymes: -œdː

Participle

född

  1. past participle of föda

Adjective

född

  1. born

Usage notes

One always uses present tense, är född, when the person or animal in question is still alive, but past tense, var född, if said person is no longer alive. Hence the statement "He was born…" could be expressed either as Han var född…, implying that "he" is deceased, or Han är född…, implying that "he" is still alive. A third, more neutral, option would be to use the -s form of the passive voice of the verb föda: Han föddes….

Declension

Inflection of född
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular född — —
neuter singular fött — —
plural födda — —
masculine plural2 födde — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 födde — —
all födda — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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