"förmå" meaning in Swedish

See förmå in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: Sv-förmå.ogg
Etymology: From younger Old Swedish formā, apocopic form of older Old Swedish formāga, formāgha, from Middle Low German vermogen (or German vermögen), equivalent to för- + må. Cognate with Danish formå, Norwegian formå, Old Norse formuga, younger Icelandic fyrirmoga and Dutch vermogen. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|formā}} Old Swedish formā, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|formāga}} Old Swedish formāga, {{der|sv|gml|vermogen}} Middle Low German vermogen, {{der|sv|de|vermögen}} German vermögen, {{prefix|sv|för|må}} för- + må, {{cog|da|formå}} Danish formå, {{cog|no|formå}} Norwegian formå, {{cog|non|formuga}} Old Norse formuga, {{cog|is|fyrirmoga}} Icelandic fyrirmoga, {{cog|nl|vermogen}} Dutch vermogen Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|förmår|preterite|förmådde|supine|förmått|imperative|förmå|head=}} förmå (present förmår, preterite förmådde, supine förmått, imperative förmå) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|förmå|end=vw}} Forms: förmår [present], förmådde [preterite], förmått [supine], förmå [imperative], weak [table-tags], förmå [active, infinitive], förmås [infinitive, passive], förmått [active, supine], förmåtts [passive, supine], förmå [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], förmån [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], förmår [active, indicative, present], förmådde [active, indicative, past], förmås [indicative, passive, present], förmåddes [indicative, passive, past], förmå [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], förmådde [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], förmås [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], förmåddes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], förmå [active, dated, present, subjunctive], förmådde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], förmås [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], förmåddes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], förmående [participle, present], förmådd [participle, past]
  1. to be capable, be able to
    Sense id: en-förmå-sv-verb-1iIzld5A Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms prefixed with för- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Swedish terms prefixed with för-: 56 44
  2. (transitive) to make, to press, to encourage (someone) to do (something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-förmå-sv-verb-72I4kc4E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: förmåga, förmögen

Inflected forms

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          "english": "No one seemed to be able to appreciate the art. \"Oh this youth,\" I thought to myself.",
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          "text": "Det ger EU en möjlighet att använda sig av handelspolitiska åtgärder för att förmå Israel att följa folkrätten.",
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          "encourage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to make, to press, to encourage (someone) to do (something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-förmå.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sv-f%C3%B6rm%C3%A5.ogg/Sv-f%C3%B6rm%C3%A5.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Sv-f%C3%B6rm%C3%A5.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "förmå"
}

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