"börja" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: [²bœ̞rˌja], [²bɵrˌja] (note: nonstandard, nonetheless common) Audio: Sv-börja.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish byria, from Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|byria}} Old Swedish byria, {{inh|sv|non|byrja}} Old Norse byrja, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*burjaną}} Proto-Germanic *burjaną, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*bʰer-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|börjar|preterite|började|supine|börjat|imperative|börja|head=}} börja (present börjar, preterite började, supine börjat, imperative börja) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: börjar [present], började [preterite], börjat [supine], börja [imperative], weak [table-tags], börja [active, infinitive], börjas [infinitive, passive], börjat [active, supine], börjats [passive, supine], börja [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], börjen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], börjar [active, indicative, present], började [active, indicative, past], börjas [indicative, passive, present], börjades [indicative, passive, past], börja [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], började [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], börjas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], börjades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], börje [active, dated, present, subjunctive], började [active, dated, past, subjunctive], börjes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], börjades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], börjande [participle, present], börjad [participle, past]
  1. to begin; to start Synonyms: starta, sätta igång, begynna Related terms: påbörja, början
    Sense id: en-börja-sv-verb-ZL1z4MbP Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for börja meaning in Swedish (4.4kB)

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