färdas

See also: fardas and fardás

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish færþas, equivalent to färd (journey) +‎ -a +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

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Verb

färdas (present färdas, preterite färdades, supine färdats, imperative färdas)

  1. (deponent) to travel (to pass from here to there)
    • 1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships]‎[1], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 26 October 2025:
      Ingen borde färdas längre söderut än till Kiev.
      No one should travel further south than Kiev.

Conjugation

Conjugation of färdas (weak)
active passive
infinitive färdas
supine färdats
imperative färdas
imper. plural1 färdens
present past present past
indicative färdas färdades
ind. plural1 färdas färdades
subjunctive2 färdes färdades
present participle färdandes
past participle

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

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