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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse angra (“to annoy", "grieve", "vex”), from angr (“injury", "harm", "grief”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål anger and English anger.
Pronunciation
Verb
ångra (present ångrar, preterite ångrade, supine ångrat, imperative ångra)
- to regret
- 1917, Bibeln, Jeremia 4:28
Därför sörjer jorden, och himmelen därovan kläder sig i sorgdräkt, därför att jag så har talat och beslutit och ej kan ångra det eller taga det tillbaka.- For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. (KJV)
- to undo
Conjugation
Conjugation of ångra (weak)
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