agera

See also: agerà

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agō (“to act”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Cognate with Danish agere, also a Latin borrowing. Compare also Swedish åka, which derives from Old Norse aka, from the same ultimate Proto-Indo-European verb.

Pronunciation

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Verb

agera (present agerar, preterite agerade, supine agerat, imperative agera)

1. to act (all senses)
2. to take action

Conjugation

Conjugation of agera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	agera		ageras
supine	agerat		agerats
imperative	agera		—
imper. plural1	ageren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	agerar	agerade	ageras	agerades
ind. plural1	agera	agerade	ageras	agerades
subjunctive2	agere	agerade	ageres	agerades
present participle		agerande
past participle		agerad

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

Further reading

• agera in Svensk ordbok.