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 | befatta |
| Present | befattar |
| Past | befattade |
| Imperative | befatta |
| Supine | befattat |
Verbs conjugated like 'befatta'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'befatta'
bematta,
bifatta,
anfatta,
avfatta,
beakta,
befalla,
befara,
befästa,
beflita,
beflytta,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Jag befattar mig inte med politik (I don't involve myself in politics)
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Vi bör inte befatta oss med kriminella organisationer (We shouldn't get involved with (deal with, have dealings with) criminal organizations)
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De bör inte befatta sig med hur vi sköter det (They shouldn't concern themselves with how we handle it)
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Jag vill inte befatta mig med honom alls (I don't want to have anything to do with him)
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befatta sig med kriminella (associate with criminals)
Additional Information
befatta (nedlåta sig till att) syssla med
[A befattar sig (med) med B/x]
Engelsk översättning
concern oneself (with), take notice (of)
Exempel
jag befattar mig inte med sådant---I don't
concern myself with things like that
Etymology
1. fsv. befata sik, liksom d. befatte sig sannol. af ett mnt. sik bevaten (jfr nt. sik befatten,
Berghaus), motsv. t. sich befassen; jfr fsv. befata, fatta, öfverväldiga, inveckla, liksom d. befatte af mnt. bevaten, motsv. holl. bevatten, t. befassen, omfatta m. m.; med afs. på bet.-utvecklingen jfr äfv. t. (sich) befangen; se BE- o. FATTA. Den refl. anv. torde utgå från bet. inveckla, invefva References: 1
2. Inherited from Old Swedish befata, from Middle Low German bevaten. By surface analysis, be- + fatta. Cognate of Danish befatte, German befassen, Dutch bevatten. See: Danish 'befatte', German, old spelling 'befassen', Dutch 'bevatten'.
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.