In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | erkänna |
| Present | erkänner |
| Past | erkände |
| Imperative | erkänn |
| Supine | erkänt |
Verbs conjugated like 'erkänna'
anspänna,
avkänna,
avspänna,
bekänna,
bränna,
brännas,
erkänna,
finbränna,
frikänna,
frånkänna,
förbränna,
godkänna,
igenkänna,
inkänna,
innebrännas,
kringränna,
känna,
kännas,
minna,
minnas, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'erkänna'
avkänna,
bekänna,
bränna,
erfinna,
frikänna,
inkänna,
känna,
ränna,
avkärna,
avkunna,
Translations
acknowledge, to admit the knowledge of
admit, to concede as true
avow, declare openly
concede, to yield or suffer; to surrender
concede, to admit to be true
confess, to admit to the truth
own, acknowledge responsibility for
recognize, to acknowledge the existence or legality of
recognize, to realize or discover the nature of something
Sample Sentences
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Jag erkänner att jag var förvirrad. Men efter gårdagens händelse
(You & Me & Me)
Additional Information
erkänna hålla med om, medge; acceptera, uppskatta
[A erkänner x/att + S; A erkänner B]
Engelsk översättning
acknowledge, confess, admit; recognize
Exempel
han erkände sitt misstag---he
admitted (acknowledged) his mistake
en erkänd konstnär---a recognized artist
Etymology
1. jfr d.
erkende, holl.
erkennen; av nt. o. t.
erkennen (jfr ER- o. KÄNNA); jfr äv. got. uskannjan References:
1
2. From German erkennen or Low German erkennen. Cognate with Danish erkende, Norwegian Bokmål erkjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk erkjenne, erkjenna, Dutch erkennen and Luxembourgish erkennen. Equivalent to er- + känna. See: German, old spelling '
erkennen', Low Saxon 'erkennen', Danish '
erkende', Norwegian '
erkjenne', Norwegian, nynorsk '
erkjenne, erkjenna', Dutch '
erkennen', Luxembourgish '
erkennen'.
Verbs referencing "erkänna"
English
recognize.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.