"befatta" meaning in Swedish

See befatta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Inherited from Old Swedish befata, from Middle Low German bevaten. By surface analysis, be- + fatta. Cognate of Danish befatte, German befassen, Dutch bevatten. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|befata|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Swedish befata, {{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|befata}} Inherited from Old Swedish befata, {{der|sv|gml|bevaten}} Middle Low German bevaten, {{surf|sv|be-|fatta}} By surface analysis, be- + fatta, {{cog|da|befatte}} Danish befatte, {{cog|de|befassen}} German befassen, {{cog|nl|bevatten}} Dutch bevatten Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|befattar|preterite|befattade|supine|befattat|imperative|befatta|head=}} befatta (present befattar, preterite befattade, supine befattat, imperative befatta) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nop=1|nopp=1}} Forms: befattar [present], befattade [preterite], befattat [supine], befatta [imperative], weak [table-tags], befatta [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], befattat [active, supine], - [passive, supine], befatta [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], befatten [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], befattar [active, indicative, present], befattade [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], befatta [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], befattade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], - [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], - [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], befatte [active, dated, present, subjunctive], befattade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], befattande [participle, present], - [participle, past]
  1. (reflexive) to involve oneself (in), to get involved (with), to concern oneself (with), to deal (with) (usually of something or someone one doesn't want to or shouldn't deal with) Tags: reflexive Derived forms: befattning

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Vi bör inte befatta oss med kriminella organisationer",
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          "english": "They shouldn't concern themselves with how we handle it",
          "text": "De bör inte befatta sig med hur vi sköter det",
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        {
          "english": "I don't want to have anything to do with him",
          "text": "Jag vill inte befatta mig med honom alls",
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          "english": "associate with criminals",
          "text": "befatta sig med kriminella",
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        }
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        "(reflexive) to involve oneself (in), to get involved (with), to concern oneself (with), to deal (with) (usually of something or someone one doesn't want to or shouldn't deal with)"
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          "text": "Vi bör inte befatta oss med kriminella organisationer",
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        {
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          "text": "Jag vill inte befatta mig med honom alls",
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        "(reflexive) to involve oneself (in), to get involved (with), to concern oneself (with), to deal (with) (usually of something or someone one doesn't want to or shouldn't deal with)"
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}

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