förekomma

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Swedish

Etymology

före +‎ komma

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Verb

förekomma (present förekommer, preterite förekom, supine förekommit, imperative förekom)

  1. to occur, to exist
    Det förekom droger på festen
    There were (occurred) drugs at the party
    1. to happen, to occur, to take place
      Jag trodde inte att sånt här förekom längre
      I didn't think this kind of thing happened (occurred) anymore
  2. (transitive) to anticipate, to forestall (do (something) before someone else has the time – often speak)
  3. (transitive) to preempt, to forestall, to prevent (do something in time to prevent (something) from happening)
    förekomma en olycka
    prevent an accident
  4. (intransitive, reflexive, uncommon) to appear, to seem
    • 1847, Carl August Hagberg, Swedish translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, act 2, scene 2
      denna herrliga thronhimmel, luften, ser ni, detta mäktiga, sväfvande firmament, detta majestätiska tak inlagt med gyldene eldar, o, det förekommer mig icke annorlunda, än som det vore en otäck, förpestad samling af dunster.
      this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
  5. (idiomatic, in "på förekommen anledning") for a certain (topical) reason (that is clear from context)
    På förekommen anledning: Endast toalettpapper får spolas ner i toaletterna.
    (A reminder) in view of recent events: Only toilet paper may be flushed down the toilets. (on a note or the like, after a clogging)

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