befrukta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

befrukta

  1. inflection of befrukte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology 1

From German befruchten. By surface analysis, be- +‎ frukt +‎ -a.

Verb

befrukta

  1. to fertilize; to impregnate
    befrukta en äggcell
    fertilize an egg cell
    befruktade ägg
    fertilized eggs
    Tjuren har befruktat tre kor
    The bull has impregnated three cows
    Han tvingades gifta sig med kvinnan han hade befruktat
    He was forced to marry the woman he had impregnated
Usage notes

More commonly put as "göra gravid" (make pregnant) or "göra med barn" (make pregnant – "med barn" (with child) means pregnant) or the like for people, like in English. See also "på smällen (“knocked up”)."

Conjugation
Conjugation of befrukta (weak)
active passive
infinitive befrukta befruktas
supine befruktat befruktats
imperative befrukta —
imper. plural1 befrukten —
present past present past
indicative befruktar befruktade befruktas befruktades
ind. plural1 befrukta befruktade befruktas befruktades
subjunctive2 befrukte befruktade befruktes befruktades
present participle befruktande
past participle befruktad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms
  • (dated) fröa
See also

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, be- +‎ frukta.

Verb

befrukta

  1. (obsolete) to fear

References

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