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Verb [Swedish]

Audio: Sv-berätta.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish berætta, from Middle Low German berichten, in correspondance to Swedish rätta (verb) and rätt (verb and noun), equivalent to be- + rätt + -a or be- + rätta. Cognate with Danish berette, Norwegian Bokmål berette, Dutch berichten (“to report”), berechten (“to judge, to try”), bericht (“a report”), Afrikaans berig (“to report, a report”), German berichten (“to report”), Bericht (“a report”) and Luxembourgish beriichten. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|berætta}} Old Swedish berætta, {{der|sv|gml|berichten}} Middle Low German berichten, {{cog|sv|rätta}} Swedish rätta, {{affix|sv|be-|rätt|-a}} be- + rätt + -a, {{prefix|sv|be|rätta}} be- + rätta, {{cog|da|berette}} Danish berette, {{cog|nb|berette}} Norwegian Bokmål berette, {{cog|nl|berichten||to report}} Dutch berichten (“to report”), {{cog|af|berig||to report, a report}} Afrikaans berig (“to report, a report”), {{cog|de|berichten||to report}} German berichten (“to report”), {{cog|lb|beriichten}} Luxembourgish beriichten Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|berättar|preterite|berättade|supine|berättat|imperative|berätta|head=}} berätta (present berättar, preterite berättade, supine berättat, imperative berätta) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: berättar [present], berättade [preterite], berättat [supine], berätta [imperative], weak [table-tags], berätta [active, infinitive], berättas [infinitive, passive], berättat [active, supine], berättats [passive, supine], berätta [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], berätten [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], berättar [active, indicative, present], berättade [active, indicative, past], berättas [indicative, passive, present], berättades [indicative, passive, past], berätta [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], berättade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], berättas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], berättades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], berätte [active, dated, present, subjunctive], berättade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], berättes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], berättades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], berättande [participle, present], berättad [participle, past]
  1. to tell (convey – a story, account, information, etc.)
    Sense id: en-berätta-sv-verb-y6nPTZOY
  2. to tell (convey – a story, account, information, etc.)
    to relate, to recount, to narrate, etc.
    Sense id: en-berätta-sv-verb-XprxDWPC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms prefixed with be-, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Swedish terms prefixed with be-: 31 69 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: förtälja [dated], beraͤtta [archaic] Related terms: berättelse, tala om

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Can you tell me a fairy tale?",
          "text": "Kan du berätta en saga för mig?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He told of his adventures on the seven seas",
          "text": "Han berättade om sina äventyr på de sju haven",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Tell me what you were doing the night of the murder",
          "text": "Berätta vad du gjorde under mordnatten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "– Vet du vad jag gjort idag? – Nej, berätta!\n– Know what I did [have done] today? – No, tell me!",
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        {
          "english": "Have you told Nisse you bought a car?",
          "text": "Har du berättat för Nisse att du köpt bil?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't dare tell my parents",
          "text": "Jag vågar inte berätta för mina föräldrar",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Tell me a bit about yourself",
          "text": "Berätta lite om dig själv",
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          "text": "Jag har hört berättas om denna händelse av äldre släktingar",
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        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "berättade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "berättat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "berätta (present berättar, preterite berättade, supine berättat, imperative berätta)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "berättelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "tala om"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Can you tell me a fairy tale?",
          "text": "Kan du berätta en saga för mig?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He told of his adventures on the seven seas",
          "text": "Han berättade om sina äventyr på de sju haven",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tell me what you were doing the night of the murder",
          "text": "Berätta vad du gjorde under mordnatten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "– Vet du vad jag gjort idag? – Nej, berätta!\n– Know what I did [have done] today? – No, tell me!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Have you told Nisse you bought a car?",
          "text": "Har du berättat för Nisse att du köpt bil?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't dare tell my parents",
          "text": "Jag vågar inte berätta för mina föräldrar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tell me a bit about yourself",
          "text": "Berätta lite om dig själv",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have heard about [heard be told of] this event/incident [thing that happened] from older relatives",
          "text": "Jag har hört berättas om denna händelse av äldre släktingar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell (convey – a story, account, information, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell (convey – a story, account, information, etc.)",
        "to relate, to recount, to narrate, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "relate",
          "relate"
        ],
        [
          "recount",
          "recount"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-berätta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/Sv-ber%C3%A4tta.ogg/Sv-ber%C3%A4tta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Sv-ber%C3%A4tta.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "förtälja"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "beraͤtta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "berätta"
}

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