"befinna" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Swedish]

Etymology: From Middle Low German bevinden, from Old Saxon bifindan. Equivalent to be- + finna. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål befinne, Danish befinde, German befinden, Dutch bevinden (“to find”), English befind and Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gml|bevinden}} Middle Low German bevinden, {{der|sv|osx|bifindan}} Old Saxon bifindan, {{prefix|sv|be|finna}} be- + finna, {{cog|nb|befinne}} Norwegian Bokmål befinne, {{cog|da|befinde}} Danish befinde, {{cog|de|befinden}} German befinden, {{cog|nl|bevinden||to find}} Dutch bevinden (“to find”), {{cog|en|befind}} English befind, {{cog|stq|befiende||to be located}} Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|befinner|preterite|befann|supine|befunnit|imperative|befinn|head=befinna}} befinna (present befinner, preterite befann, supine befunnit, imperative befinn) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|befinn|befann|befunn|class=3}} Forms: befinner [present], befann [preterite], befunnit [supine], befinn [imperative], strong [table-tags], befinna [active, infinitive], befinnas [infinitive, passive], befunnit [active, supine], befunnits [passive, supine], befinn [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], befinnen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], befinner [active, indicative, present], befann [active, indicative, past], befinns [indicative, passive, present], befinnes [indicative, passive, present], befanns [indicative, passive, past], befinna [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], befunno [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], befinnas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], befunnos [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], befinne [active, dated, present, subjunctive], befunne [active, dated, past, subjunctive], befinnes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], befunnes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], befinnande [participle, present], befunnen [participle, past]
  1. (reflexive, somewhat formal) to be located (at); to be (positioned) at Tags: formal, reflexive
    Sense id: en-befinna-sv-verb-RAR1aGkQ Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. (reflexive) to be in a specific (non-permanent) state or condition Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-befinna-sv-verb-kn42gEVK Categories (other): Swedish terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Swedish terms prefixed with be-: 40 60

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Suppose that we have an atom in its ground state.",
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}

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