Equivalent to und- (“away”) + gå (“to go”), from Old Danish untgaa. Calque of Middle Low German entgān, compare German entgehen.
undgå (past tense undgik, past participle undgået)
und- + gå. Refer German ent- + gehen, which in for example "einer Sache entgehen" means to avoid/evade/escape something.
undgå (present undgår, preterite undgick, supine undgått, imperative undgå)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | undgå | — | ||
| Supine | undgått | — | ||
| Imperative | undgå | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | undgån | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | undgår | undgick | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | undgå | undgingo | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | undgå | undginge | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | undgående | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||