bevara

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bevara, from Middle Low German bewaren, from Proto-Germanic *biwarōną from *bi- + *warōną. Equivalent to be- +‎ vara (“to last”). Cognate with English beware, Danish bevare, Norwegian Bokmål bevare, Norwegian Nynorsk bevare, bevara, Dutch bewaren and German bewahren. Displaced native gömma in this sense.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bevara (present bevarar, preterite bevarade, supine bevarat, imperative bevara)

1. to preserve; to keep
2. (biblical) to protect

Conjugation

Conjugation of bevara (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bevara		bevaras
Supine	bevarat		bevarats
Imperative	bevara		—
Imper. plural1	bevaren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bevarar	bevarade	bevaras	bevarades
Ind. plural1	bevara	bevarade	bevaras	bevarades
Subjunctive2	bevare	bevarade	bevares	bevarades
	Participles
Present participle	bevarande
Past participle	bevarad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• bevara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)