urskulda

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Swedish

Etymology

ur (“out”) +‎ skuld (“guilt”) +‎ -a

Verb

urskulda (present urskuldar, preterite urskuldade, supine urskuldat, imperative urskulda)

  1. to try to free from or lessen culpability (by making excuses for), to defend
    Han urskuldade sig med att han bara följt order
    He excused himself by saying he had only followed orders

Conjugation

Conjugation of urskulda (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive urskulda urskuldas
Supine urskuldat urskuldats
Imperative urskulda —
Imper. plural1 urskulden —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative urskuldar urskuldade urskuldas urskuldades
Ind. plural1 urskulda urskuldade urskuldas urskuldades
Subjunctive2 urskulde urskuldade urskuldes urskuldades
Participles
Present participle urskuldande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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