be in Norwegian Bokmål

Forms: be [imperative], ber [present], bes [passive], ba [past], bad [past], bedt [participle, past], beende [participle, present] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse biðja. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|biðja}} Old Norse biðja Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|be|present tense|ber|passive|bes|simple past|ba|or|bad|past participle|bedt|present participle|beende}} be (imperative be, present tense ber, passive bes, simple past ba or bad, past participle bedt, present participle beende)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beding"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "biðja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse biðja",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse biðja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "be",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ber",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bes",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ba",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bad",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bedt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "ba",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "bad",
        "13": "past participle",
        "14": "bedt",
        "15": "present participle",
        "16": "beende",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "be",
        "5": "present tense",
        "6": "ber",
        "7": "passive",
        "8": "bes",
        "9": "simple past"
      },
      "expansion": "be (imperative be, present tense ber, passive bes, simple past ba or bad, past participle bedt, present participle beende)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bønn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pray"
      ],
      "id": "en-be-nb-verb-fAQ9Uxpe",
      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask something of someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-be-nb-verb-frdCYv3F",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bede"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beding"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "biðja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse biðja",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse biðja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "be",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ber",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bes",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ba",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bad",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bedt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "ba",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "bad",
        "13": "past participle",
        "14": "bedt",
        "15": "present participle",
        "16": "beende",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "be",
        "5": "present tense",
        "6": "ber",
        "7": "passive",
        "8": "bes",
        "9": "simple past"
      },
      "expansion": "be (imperative be, present tense ber, passive bes, simple past ba or bad, past participle bedt, present participle beende)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bønn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask something of someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bede"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}

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"be" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

Inflected forms