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 | befrukta |
| Present | befruktar |
| Past | befruktade |
| Imperative | befrukta |
| Supine | befruktat |
Verbs conjugated like 'befrukta'
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 'befrukta'
befrakta,
bebruka,
berusta,
betrakta,
frukta,
anfräkta,
beakta,
bearbeta,
bebråka,
befästa,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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befrukta en äggcell (fertilize an egg cell)
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befruktade ägg (fertilized eggs)
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Tjuren har befruktat tre kor (The bull has impregnated three cows)
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Han tvingades gifta sig med kvinnan han hade befruktat (He was forced to marry the woman he had impregnated)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d.
befrugte af t.
befruchten, motsv. holl. bevruchten; se BE- o. FRUKT fsv. befrukta, befrykta; jfr d.
befrygte, ä. d.
befrugte, mnt. bevruchten, t. befürchten; se BE- o. FRUKTA References:
1 2
2. From German befruchten. By surface analysis, be- + frukt + -a. See: German, old spelling '
befruchten'.
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.