förklara

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Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish forklara, from Middle Low German vorklaren,[1] equivalent to för- +‎ klar +‎ -a or för- +‎ klara. Cognate with Danish forklare, Norwegian Bokmål forklare, Norwegian Nynorsk forklara, forklare, forklåra, forklåre, Dutch verklaren, Limburgish verklaore, Afrikaans verklaar and German erklären.

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Verb

förklara (present förklarar, preterite förklarade, supine förklarat, imperative förklara)

  1. to explain
    Kan du förklara det här för mig?
    Can you explain this to me?
  2. to declare, to pronounce
    Han förklarades oskyldig
    He was declared innocent
    Landet förklarade sig självständigt
    The country declared independence
    (literally, “The country declared itself independent”)

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